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• Is This New E-commerce Store The 'Farfetch For Factories'?
  
  The Springkode e-commerce platform allows manufacturers to sell their products and ship them straight from their factory to the consumer while dealing only with the B2B element of the transaction. Springkode does the rest.
  By Brooke Roberts-islam, Contributor.  Forbes.  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:49:00 +0000.
• Buerkle to step down from CPSC
  
  Ann Marie Buerkle, who has served as acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for the past two and a half years, announced she is stepping down from the role in late September. ...
  Russell.  Furniture Today.  Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:51:45 +0000.
• 'Demo, demo, demo': How Rebecca Brady has grown her cracker startup
  
  Brady's product has tapped into consumer appetites for vegan, gluten-free snacks.
  Dan Miner.  American City Business Journals.  Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:11:00 +0000.
• Cutting potentially harmful chemicals like PFAS from consumer goods
  
  Human exposure to unnecessary and potentially harmful chemicals could be greatly reduced if manufacturers add chemicals only when they are truly essential in terms of health, safety and functioning of society.
  Science Daily.  Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:17:30 EDT.
• US Consumer Sentiment Jumps to 15-Year High
  
  The upbeat sentiment comes amid first-quarter economic growth that topped expectations at 3.2% and the lowest unemployment rate in 49 years.
  Bloomberg.  Industry Week.  Fri, 17 May 2019 17:07 +0000.
• Huawei makes smartphone comeback in Brazil
  
  The company has relaunched its consumer business in the Latin American country with two high-end handsets and local manufacturing plans.
  ZDNet.  Fri, 17 May 2019 13:29:23 +0000.
• Firmest Mattresses From Consumer Reports' Tests
  
  Mattress manufacturers often pepper their product names with descriptive terms like "firm" or "soft" or "plush." But what do those marketing terms really tell you? Not much. Rather than take the ...
  Haniya Rae.  Consumer Reports.  Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:33:21 -0400.
• Ford and Nissan Feed Rental-Car Fleets as Consumer Demand Sags
  
  Automakers appear to be using fleet deliveries to make up for showroom demand starting to sputter as U.S. economic growth slows.
  Bloomberg.  Industry Week.  Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:17 +0000.
• US STOCKS-Wall Street rises as trade optimism counters weak data
  
  * China data weak, Feb U.S. manufacturing, consumer sentiment weak
  Reuters.  Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:44:13 -0500.
• Will US GDP Growth Continue in 2019? 5 Growth Picks
  
  The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong in 2019 as evident from solid manufacturing, labor market and consumer confidence data.
  Nalak Das.  Zacks.  Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:31:00 GMT.

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