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Authenticating Luxury Goods, Remotely And Reliably

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There are consumers, of course, who are unopposed to buying a good fake, and who will even seek out a knockoff Gucci or Prada bag on the streets of major American cities. That’s a massive number, and one that represents the near-ubiquity of counterfeit goods, even on well-known and well-established marketplaces.

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Turning To Robots To Speed Up Shipping

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That kind of price tag is often outside small businesses’ budgets, and can put warehouses out of commission for longer than those companies can afford. Instead, they’re looking to build smaller warehouses that are closer to their customers, thereby cutting down on shipping time. They’re moving closer and closer to [these] cities.

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Can TAGWALK Redefine Fashion Search?

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At the beginning, she was hand-tagging all the thousands of images on the site (algorithms have mostly taken that on, though all things are reviewed by human eyes before being uploaded). Using a directory of 2,800 keywords, a user can search by brand, trend, city, season, fabric or color — all pictorial, all at a user’s fingertips.

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Costco’s First China Store Signals Broader Retail Trend Into Foreign Markets

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by offering smaller businesses the opportunity to sell globally. Apple consensus estimates may decrease due to the possibility of weaker demand from China, said Jim Suva, a director and senior analyst at Citi, according to reports. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products, in part because of the hefty price tag.

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Costco’s New China Retail Move Highlights Broader Trends

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by offering smaller businesses the opportunity to sell globally. Apple consensus estimates may decrease due to the possibility of weaker demand from China, said Jim Suva, a director and senior analyst at Citi, according to reports. Demand has been slumping in China for Apple products in part because of the hefty price tag.

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Transcript: Albert Wenger

Barry Ritholtz

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. And then I have to ask the same question, so Union Square Ventures, by definition Union Square is here in New York City. So you know, Sequoia just opened a New York City office. So New York City is now, today, one of the epicenters.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

So I came back and lived in Jersey City and … RITHOLTZ: Right, so now I remember why we moved to California. JOHNSON: And now we see everybody, you walk around New York City, hardly anybody wears a tie. JOHNSON: Well, I think you were seeing a big shift to C-shares where you had a bigger backend trail and a smaller upfront.