Tyler Brooks 
Directive (EU) 2024/825 makes generic environmental claims a blacklisted practice across the EU from 27 September 2026, with no transition period for stock already on shelves. Most member states missed transposition and face infringement proceedings, but the application date is unchanged.
Corporate gift card sales are an underused B2B channel. This covers discount ladders, distributors and the risks worth pricing in.
The US Court of International Trade has yet to rule on a motion to certify a nationwide class of importers locked out of CBP’s IEEPA tariff refund portal, argued on August 6. The outcome decides whether importers with finally liquidated entries recover administratively or must sue one by one.
The US Court of International Trade ruled on August 13 that IEEPA lets the President rescind the de minimis exemption, upholding the end of duty-free entry for parcels under $800. The government lost one count, and a separate refund claim remains open.
In-store BNPL runs on different plumbing than online. Here are the flows, the staff training gaps and the queue cost.
A national chain opening down the road is survivable if you act before it opens. Here is the 90 day plan independents use.
Blended margin hides losing channels. This is how to build a contribution margin report per channel that survives scrutiny.
How retail groups decide whether a new line becomes a sub-brand or a standalone label, and what each choice costs to support.
Friendly fraud comes from real customers, so fraud tools rarely catch it. These are the signals and the fixes that actually reduce it.
The prediction: before the October 22, 2026 compliance deadline for CBP’s codified de minimis suspension, US-domestic and bonded fulfillment likely becomes the default route for China-origin marketplace orders. Three independent signals point to a migration already in progress ahead of the Q4 peak.