AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoRetail Watch: U.S. retail sales inched up just 0.2% in June, with cheaper gas helping some shoppers while service-station receipts fell 5.3%, and online sales rose 1.9% around Prime Day. Consumer Safety: Warrensburg, Missouri police seized 1,080 mislabeled THC/hemp products from nine smoke shops after lab tests found contents didn’t match packaging, with more enforcement possible. Food & Climate: Parmesan producers warn extreme heat and low rainfall in Italy’s dairy regions are cutting milk output and could tighten supply, raising costs. Energy & Jobs: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says GE Vernova finished its Frontier Campus in Niskayuna, adding 75 jobs and $110M in public-private investment tied to electrification and decarbonization research. Retail Experience: United Airlines plans “Economy Plus” rows with an empty middle seat and shared table on a new Airbus aircraft, aiming at comfort-focused flyers. Local Fresh Food: A new farmers market opened in Midtown Tallahassee, bringing Rusty Davis’s produce and country-market offerings to a former gas-station site. Payments Regulation: New UK BNPL rules are pushing merchants and payment processors to separate regulated from unregulated deals at the transaction level, raising compliance demands. Tech for Retail Ops: Logile launched an Enterprise Productivity Simulator to help retailers model workforce and operational decisions across thousands of stores before budgets and schedules lock in.
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