FTC fires legal shot at company for made in the USA labeling

The Federal Trade Commission is moving swiftly to stop fraudulent labeling of products’ origin.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against the manufacturer of LED lighting and personal protective equipment for allegedly selling the goods as being made in the U.S. when they were not.

The Made in the USA Labeling Rule took effectgov

last year,

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Are imports slowing at the West Coast’s busiest port?

The Port of LA saw another record month in July.

SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Port of Los Angeles processed an estimated 935,345 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, outpacing the previous record set in 2019 by 2.5%. The port has set monthly records in five of seven months in 2022.

“Remarkably, we continue to move record amounts of cargo

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Tap into back-to-school mindset for shopping parents |

English, writing and arithmetic; ABCs and 123s; and furnishing apartments during high-inflationary times.

It’s back-to-school season, and every store is filled with parents and students looking to outfit dorm rooms, at-home classrooms and backpacks. While the backpacks may not matter to furniture and mattress world (unless some child is looking to sneak a pillow into the classroom), the first two

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11 BIPOC designers enrolled in Kaleidoscope Project to

The Lorelei counter stools by Sunpan, as seen in The Cornell Inn bar area from The Kaleidoscope Project in 2021. Design by David Santiago / Photography by Frank Frances Studio

TORONTO – Sunpan has announced its partnership with the Kaleidoscope Project as a Sapphire Sponsor for the second consecutive year. The Kaleidoscope Project is a designer show house venture to

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Home builders say housing starts are down in July, market is

New housing fell in July.

WASHINGTON – A sharp decline in single-family home construction is another indicator that the housing slowdown is showing no signs of abating, as rising construction costs, elevated mortgage rates and supply chain disruptions continue to act as a drag on the market.

Overall housing starts fell 9.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.45

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Target outlines its plan to whack inventory receipts for

Home sales at Target declined in Q2 despite encouraging early results in back-to-college.

MINNEAPOLIS – In addition to Target unloading inventory already owned during the second quarter, the company has also started reevaluating inventory distribution across categories for a dramatic reduction going forward.

“We took a hard look at sales trends and determined ideal inventory levels across every category for

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