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Christian Louboutin, Meta jointly sue an alleged Mexican counterfeiter
Christian Louboutin and Meta Platforms, which owns the social networks Instagram and Facebook, filed a joint lawsuit in the U.S. against a Cesar Octavio Guerrero Alejo, who allegedly sold counterfeit products from Mexico. According to the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the ...
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Meta reportedly planning to launch paid versions of Facebook and Instagram
Meta is planning to launch a subscription service for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in Europe, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said the proposal has been made to regulators in recent weeks as it seeks a way to handle European Union rules that threaten to ...
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Zalando challenges the EU on its designation as a VLOP
Zalando said that on June 27 it filed a legal challenge with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), contesting its designation by the European Commission, under article 33 of the Digital Services Act (DSA), as a “Very Large Online Platform” (VLOP) because it has more than 45 ...
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What if the metaverse settled for something simple?
BitNile Metaverse says that its metaverse at BitNile.com has surpassed 500,000 “active users” in the month since it opened its “early-access phase.” Question is, why should we care? After all, a single metaverse like Roblox – which, as our readers might recall, has deals with Nike, Adidas, H&M and FIFA ...
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Meta not allowed to use personal data for advertising
Facebook owner Meta will no longer be allowed to use the personal data of its users in Europe for advertising personalization without being asked. This was the decision of the responsible Irish data protection authority DPC. At the same time, the authority imposed a fine of €390 million. According to ...
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Meta cuts 11,000 jobs
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, announced 11,000 job cuts, representing 13 percent of it staff. “Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss have caused our revenue to be much lower than I’d ...
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Millennials and Gen Z are more likely to embrace luxury than older generations
As a new generation of younger, digitally-savvy shoppers comes to the fore in the luxury marketplace, new trends are emerging, a survey conducted by the Swedish retail banking, payment and shopping service Klarna showed. These include a stronger focus on sustainability, which leads to favor quality products that will last ...
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Google probed by the EU
Google is under dual investigations in the European Union for allegedly abusive practices in its advertising business. This month, according to Reuters , anti-trust regulators for the EU have sent to a number of advertisers a 13-page questionnaire regarding the “Include Google Display Network” default setting for search campaigns ...
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WhatsApp to add in-app purchases, enterprise message hosting
Facebook will soon be adding in-app purchases and enterprise message hosting to WhatsApp . Companies will be able to use Facebook Shops – the e-commerce platform that made its debut in May and feeds into all Facebook apps – to sell products through the messaging app. Companies will ...
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Ecco joins expanding list of footwear firms boycotting Facebook
Denmark-based shoe manufacturer Ecco is continuously reviewing advertising efforts on social media platforms “to be in alignment with company values” after its U.S. arm earlier this month joined the growing list of footwear and other firms boycotting Facebook and Instagram to protest policies for handling online hate speech and misinformation. ...
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Facebook wants to become a shopping platform
In response to the current coronavirus crisis with the worldwide closure of many physical shops, Facebook has started to integrate a shopping function into its main social network, as it has already been doing on Instagram . Mark Zuckerberg , founder and chief executive of Facebook, said in a ...
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Ara Shoes donates shoes to people working in the health care system
Ara Shoes has donated shoes for every employee of a hospital in Heinsberg, Germany. The company also launched a social media campaign via Facebook and Instagram on March 30 to support and pay tribute to people who work in the health care sector, food retailing or help ...