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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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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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Instagram makes changes to its e-commerce options
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has announced another change to Instagram’s e-commerce options. According to an internal memo quoted by The Information, it plans to remove the platform’s “Shopping” page due to “shifts in company priorities.” Instagram plans to pivot toward a less personalized version of the ...
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ArticleMillennials 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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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 ...
