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Apple and Amazon.com must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in US court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon's platform, a federal judge in Seattle ruled on Thursday.In his ruling, US District Judge John Coughenour rejected bids from Apple and Amazon to dismiss the prospective class action on various legal grounds. Coughenour said the "validity" of the relevant market, a central issue in antitrust litigation, was a question for a jury. The lawsuit, filed in…

Blue Microphones was ahead of the game. The first Snowball was released all the way back in 2005, as the company was celebrating its 10th birthday. Within a few years, the USB mics were everywhere. They were effectively synonymous with the nascent world of amateur podcasting and became a go-to for first-time content creators uploading video to a brand-new site called YouTube. A few years later, the company released another game changer in the form of the Yeti – a step up from the Snowball in terms of sound,…

Event ticketing in Colorado won’t see an overhaul this year after Gov. Jared Polis worried it would “risk upsetting the successful entertainment ecosystem in Colorado.” Polis vetoed the bill, dubbed Consumer Protection in Event Ticketing Sales, Tuesday night. The bill, SB23-060, aimed to crack down on bots snatching up seats to resale, bring price transparency to the buying process and overall make it so end-users don’t end up duped with bogus tickets. But consumer groups fretted it gave venues too much power and…

Some companies are dropping distribution centers as warehouse employment reaches a 17-month low. Some companies are dropping distribution centers as warehouse employment reaches a 17-month low. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

Francesco Riccardo Iacomino | Moment | Getty ImagesPersistent inflation and higher interest rates have strained many household budgets, and consumers are shying away from some purchases such as home improvement projects or apparel. But millions of U.S. consumers aren't giving up their vacations.A Deloitte survey from last month found that 50% of respondents planned to take a vacation that includes paid lodging during the summer, up from 46% last year. In a sign of strong demand, the Transportation Security Administration…

Building consumer trust is crucial for marketers. But how is that trust built in a future without cookies? This webinar will explore how brands can use choice, control, and transparency to create personalized, permission-based experiences that minimize compliance risk and drive marketing ROI without relying on third-party cookies.  Learn more by registering for and attending “Trust Matters: Building Consumer Confidence in a Cookieless World,” presented by OneTrust.…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Tuesday said it will ensure that filling stations sell petroleum products in compliance with the law to prevent hardship on Nigerians. The commission made this known Tuesday in a statement signed by Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer. Nigerians have had difficulty getting petrol at filling stations since Monday after President Bola Tinubu announced government’s plan to put an end to the subsidy regime. The government…

That 90% of consumer goods decision-makers expect profitable growth over the next 24 months is good news, supply chain issues persist, including increased competition, raw material costs, labor costs, and changing customer expectations/behaviors. That said, product innovation is seen as a key to growth, including a shift to digital marketing, selling directly to consumers, brand expansion into new product categories, and improving merchandising and promotion strategy at brick-and-mortar stores. Efficient growth is…

The security and privacy of users' data have been a growing concern for the past few years. At the same time, JWT, as one technology to combat it, has been used more and more. Understanding JWT will give you an edge over the other software engineers. JWT might seem simple at first, but it is pretty hard to understand. In this article, we will explore mainly JWT and JWS. In addition, we'll also go through JWE, JWA, and JWK quickly. This article aims to make the reader understand the concept of JWT without diving too…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Fudan University's School of Management have published a new paper in the Journal of Consumer Psychology that provides original insights about the impact different types of feedback consumers have on consumers' psychological state. Specifically, the research examines "piecemeal"…