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...“Given PayPal’s size and reach, federal oversight and enforcement of its stablecoin operations is essential in order to guarantee consumer protections and alleviate financial stability concerns.”...
...The services division that houses Apple’s financing programme includes iCloud storage, warranties and App Store purchases....
...“We accepted this agreement because we want Epic to be at the forefront of consumer protection and provide the best experience for our players,” the company said....
...Apple may be putting its reputation at risk if consumers and regulators balk at its privacy argument — a major component of recent iPhone campaigns....
...Nearly three-quarters of digitally connected consumers in Asia-Pacific have used a digital wallet to shop in stores or online in the past 12 months, according to Euromonitor’s Digital Survey 2021....
...According to the US operator, Uber’s food delivery service Uber Eats has about 130,000 restaurants and other stores on its Japanese platform....
...Another wildfire season is ablaze, with more than 20 active incidents reported by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection....
...Fashion group J Crew and department store chain Neiman Marcus are among the other chains that have also sought bankruptcy protection during the pandemic....
...Store Union....
...Olin cautioned that the “surge” had reduced its inventory, limiting its ability to meet the demand, and Ammo Inc is investing at least $2m in expanding its production capacity in anticipation of consumer...
...Shopping malls have closed and consumer spending has flatlined with sales at department stores experiencing their largest decline since at least 1994....
...“You’ve got a whole slew of retailers whose sales were already slow, and they happened to be non-essential,” said Ken Perkins, head of the research group Retail Metrics....
...At the same time, Best Buy, TJX and Kohl’s are among 126 discretionary consumer companies to draw a total $86bn from credit lines, according to Autonomous Research....
...- FT Alphaville When a man cannot choose, is he still a consumer? - FT Alphaville...
...Research group Green Street forecasts rents at the 100 best-performing malls to increase moderately over the next five years but to dip in weaker properties....
...The lockdown, while brief, did alter consumer behaviour and propel ecommerce and digital payments, she said, while the subsequent lifting of the lockdown had allowed people back into stores, offices and...
...Other recent failures include luxury department store chain Barneys New York and Diesel USA. In total US retailers have announced about 8,000 store closures this year, according to Coresight Research....
...an aspirational consumer society.”...
...In Brazil, the area under cultivation in the cerrado savannah biome increased 87 per cent between 2000 and 2015, according to Brazilian research institute IPAM....
...But it also quickly sparked debates over privacy issues, as its user agreement allows the company to store pictures taken and use them for profit....
...“Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked, which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data,” the company...
...‘Behave like a marketplace’ When India opened its economy to foreign capital in the 1990s, it was careful to maintain protection for small retailers....
...Three truck stops offer showers, burgers, video games and diesel fuel. Stores sell tail lights and hub caps....
...“In fact, we had our best ever Black Friday results for general merchandise, led by record sales at Fred Meyer....
...Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged “vigorous” antitrust enforcement, including hearings later this year on competition and consumer protection....
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