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a really important personal update for me is that i'm considering getting back Into Sourdough and am currently making a new starter (real heads certainly know that i was Into Sourdough well before it was cool)
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New today : The five-figure federal gov't fines against Amazon for its warehouse worker safety violations may seem laughable -- but here's why the underlying OSHA investigations matter to workplace safety advocates & organizers:
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Hello!! I'm working on a new column about ROOMMATES IN NYC, looking for interesting (current!) roommate stories! Like maybe you or a friend lives:
+ with their D&D group
+ in a house full of models
+ with a great aunt
+ ???
send tips via dm or marianbull1@gmail.com thank u <3
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unsurprisingly, retaildive writes a story two days later and doesn't credit modern retail
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bought the podcast-beloved water humidifier; pretty sure all my life problems are about to be solved
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an update. sadly has yet to respond. so we're going to make a design using open AI. i didn't want it to come to this, but i will say the new design options are pretty amazing. will post the winner once the decision is made.
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From mini pancake cereal to pink sauce, here's my story on how food brands are launching TikTok-inspired products 🥣
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tiktok has become the brainstorming ground for food brands:
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still a little unclear about where this guy on linkedin is based
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some fun and interesting stuff was published on gawker -- we need more irreverence in media, not less, so it's a real loss. i maintain the essay about writing fake dear prudence letters was perhaps its crowning achievement
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much like tom brady, i too am announcing my retirement from professional american football
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so... twitter?
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every morning i check wordlebot and every morning i get worked up about how dumb and nonsensical its grading system is
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‘the traitors u.s.’ is a truly awful tv show that i cannot stop watching
pretty suspicious that someone named mr bean signed on as head zookeeper only a month and a half ago
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#BREAKING:
STOLEN MONKEYS:
The @DallasZoo says someone has now stolen two our emperor tamarin monkeys.
@DallasPD has opened an investigation.
Just this month, a clouded leopard somehow escaped and a vulture died of mysterious circumstances.
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finally a web ad doing something useful
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how high was the wikipedia contributor who wrote this sentence about cass mccombs
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Cacio e pepe pasta frittata
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While brands spend more money on TikTok, Walmart etc Zuckerberg has quietly been working on Facebook with Advantage+ shopping tools. Agency heads and brands expect Meta to swing back to profit with the initial success of Advantage+
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i enjoyed reporting and researching this story bc it brought up an interesting problem for amazon. it has to set up rules that apply for every product—e.g. fair price—but that's v different for a new thing from a manufacturer vs one that's harder to source
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amazon has a proprietary program it uses to determine whether a product on the marketplace is priced fairly (meaning: the cheapest it can possibly be). that's causing huge problems for some brand and merchants, and thousands in lost sales. my latest story: modernretail.co/technology/ama
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lol APStylebook deleted the tweet!
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sick of all these people making columbo their thing now. some of us have been watching columbo for decades and didn't see you at any of the meetings
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for example: a new game that's out of print. it was $50 when new in 2004, now most people pay more for it. but amazon deemed it worth $35, which is less than what it costs from a manufacturer today. but someone on ebay can list it for lower and amazon's algorithm will find it
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i enjoyed reporting and researching this story bc it brought up an interesting problem for amazon. it has to set up rules that apply for every product—e.g. fair price—but that's v different for a new thing from a manufacturer vs one that's harder to source
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amazon has a proprietary program it uses to determine whether a product on the marketplace is priced fairly (meaning: the cheapest it can possibly be). that's causing huge problems for some brand and merchants, and thousands in lost sales. my latest story: modernretail.co/technology/ama
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my instagram is currently riddled with ‘we bought too much’ ads from brands. looked into the rise of this post-holiday marketing:
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Great article on Amazon's "Fair Price" policy with comment from Online Merchants Guild Executive Director Paul Rafelson
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amazon has a proprietary program it uses to determine whether a product on the marketplace is priced fairly (meaning: the cheapest it can possibly be). that's causing huge problems for some brand and merchants, and thousands in lost sales. my latest story: modernretail.co/technology/ama
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amazon has a proprietary program it uses to determine whether a product on the marketplace is priced fairly (meaning: the cheapest it can possibly be). that's causing huge problems for some brand and merchants, and thousands in lost sales. my latest story:
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seems about right that a group of bostonian zoomers would have issues with personal space but ultimately be deemed harmless
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A newly discovered asteroid, named 2023 BU, is expected to make one of the closet approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded. Thanks to diligent teams of #planetarydefense experts, we know It poses zero risk to Earth.
Learn why: go.nasa.gov/3JfQi9W
👖 Levi Strauss & Co. is making progress on growing its DTC arm as it prepares a new campaign for its 501 jean. More here, with insights from 's & ' Sunny Zheng, for :
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the buzzfeed AI news feels very long island tea co
It's official: California voters will decide in '24 whether to create a 1st-of-its-kind fast food council that would set wages & influence working conditions: sos.ca.gov/elections/ball
More about what the law would mean for workers & biz :
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amazon has a proprietary program it uses to determine whether a product on the marketplace is priced fairly (meaning: the cheapest it can possibly be). that's causing huge problems for some brand and merchants, and thousands in lost sales. my latest story:
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Looking to speak with brands that are prioritizing affordability in their brand messaging and upcoming commercials for 2023. If this is you, ping me at vidhi@modernretail.co
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i recently had this problem with an online subscription i found on instagram that i bought for my mom! no way to cancel, no one at customer support. had to cancel via paypal and for months after i received automated emails that the recurring order couldn’t be fulfilled
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I wrote about what happens when companies have absolutely no call option for customer service. (Also, THREE of the companies in question offered to help specific people in this story fix their individual problems instead of fixing their overall systems.) vox.com/23571375/no-ca
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