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“Cloud” Is a Cautionary Tale of E-Commerce—and the Summer’s Best Action Movie
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirtysomething protagonist of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller “Cloud,” is never more content than…
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Boy Accidentally Orders 70,000 Lollipops on Amazon. Panic Ensues.
On Sunday morning, as Holly LaFavers was preparing to go to church, a delivery worker dropped off a 25-pound box of lollipops in front of…
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UPS and FedEx Once Handled a Deluge of Packages From China. That’s Changing.
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American…
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China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs
Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years. That trade has come to an abrupt…
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Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online…
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Trump Ends Chinese Tariff Loophole, Raising the Cost of Online Goods
The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China…
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How a U.S. Tax Loophole Supercharged China’s Exports
When Congress raised the threshold for imported goods to enter the United States tax-free to $800 from $200 nearly a decade ago, it threw…
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Amazon Says Operating Profits May Decline Amid Economic Uncertainty
As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war, there was no avoiding it for America’s largest…
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UPS Says It Will Cut 20,000 Jobs in Efficiency Drive
UPS said on Tuesday that it would cut 20,000 jobs this year as part of a long-term plan to reduce costs and bolster profit. The cuts come…
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White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon.…
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Are Shein and Temu Prices Going Up? What to Know as Trump Ends De Minimis Tariff Loophole
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and…
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When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing
For 15 years, Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson used a matte lip pencil in a shade of red called Dragon Girl. In her view, it was “one of the…
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Did You Sell Concert Tickets or Clothes? You May Owe Taxes
If you received more than $5,000 for online sales of “goods or services” in 2024, you might get a Form 1099-K. Don’t ignore it, an expert…
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Walmart Racks Up Sales Record but Sees Slower Growth Ahead
Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, said on Thursday that strong holiday sales propelled its revenue to another annual…
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Amazon Union Push Falls Short at North Carolina Warehouse
Amazon workers voted overwhelmingly against a bid to unionize their North Carolina warehouse, the National Labor Relations Board said on…
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Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: Gritty…
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How Trump Scrapping the De Minimis Rule Could Affect Consumers and Retailers
President Trump’s executive orders on Saturday imposing broad tariffs on the country’s three largest trading partners also scrapped a…
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How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It
There's a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner. President Trump signed an executive order in January that delayed…
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A Look at OpenAI’s Operator, a New A.I. Agent
In the past week, OpenAI’s Operator has done the following things for me: Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon. Bought me a new…
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TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok…
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Can Poshmark’s Tech Fixes Make Selling Secondhand Clothes Seamless?
Lauren Eager got into thrifting in high school. It was a way to find cheap, interesting clothes while not contributing to the wastefulness…
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Retailers may be taking a more staggered approach to holiday hiring.
Every year, retailers race to hire workers to staff their stores and distribution centers to meet the demand that comes with millions of…
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TikTok Creators and Brands Are Bracing for a Potential Ban
The impending disappearance of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the United States, has sent marketers, agencies and…