So I recently in the past 5 months bought the building of the Starbucks we owned then revamped the building and renamed it. It now is. Bigger shop, that is based of Roman architecture. For example Red drapes and beautiful walls.

Though I currently have The Nude Club, Gambling, A bar and a Café. Then finally BDSM rooms downstairs but people of course don’t need to use it. Our shop allows sex in it.

Though should I add anything else because I’m all for making extra money? So anything helps. Which to add no prostitution is happening.

Btw so it’s more clear for everyone when I say, “THOUGH SHOULD I ADD ANYTHING ELSE?” Is the question and I go onto explain, I am for making more money which is why I’m asking the question.

Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.

“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday.

“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, accused Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of acting like a “dictator” after the restrictions were first reported.

Shares of the company fell 12% in extended trading.

“In a highly challenged environment, this quarter’s results do not reflect the power of our brand, our capabilities or the opportunities ahead,” CEO Laxman Narasimhan said in a statement. “It did not meet our expectations, but we understand the specific challenges and opportunities immediately in front of us.”

In the U.S., same-store sales decreased 3% as traffic sank 7%. This marks the second quarter that the company’s home market has struggled. Last quarter, executives blamed sluggish sales on boycotts targeting the company due to “misperceptions” of its stance on Israel.

General Atlantic and CVC have paused multimillion-dollar stake sales in companies operating US fast food brands in Indonesia and Malaysia as protests and boycott campaigns over the Israel-Hamas war disrupt business.

Consumers in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia have shunned US brands since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza in October.

General Atlantic paused the sale of its 20 per cent stake in Starbucks operator Map Boga Adiperkasa in December, according to two people familiar with the situation. The stake in Map Boga Adiperkasa, which has a market capitalisation of $285mn and is one of Indonesia’s largest fast-food franchise operators, is valued at about $54mn.

“It was impossible to sell a stake as a growth opportunity when sales are down, expansion plans are being scaled back, employees are being harmed in stores and there is no sign of the boycott ending,” said one person familiar with General Atlantic’s strategy.

“People are shifting from food and beverage brands to beauty brands. The boycott is much more substantial now as opposed to symbolic,” said Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, head of consumer and internet at Aletheia Capital, an advisory group focused on the Asia-Pacific region.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20241173

Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says it was the "victim of a cybersecurity incident" Sunday and has shuttered its stores across Western Canada until further notice.

The retailer, which is headquartered in B.C., says the closure is out of "an abundance of caution" and that it immediately took measures to counter the attack once it was discovered.

"At this time, we have no reason to believe that customer or employee data has been impacted," the company said in a statement emailed to CBC News around 5:30 p.m. PT on Sunday.

The chain says pharmacists would still support customers with urgent pharmacy needs, but anyone seeking information should call their local pharmacy to make arrangements.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14804431

Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order.

Williams-Sonoma was charged with advertising multiple products as being “Made in USA” when they were in fact manufactured in other countries, including China. That violated a 2020 commission order requiring the San Francisco-based company to be truthful about whether its products were in fact made in the U.S.

The FTC said Friday that Williams-Sonoma has agreed to a settlement, which includes a $3.175 million civil penalty. That marks the largest-ever civil penalty seen in a “Made in USA” case, the commission said.

“Williams-Sonoma’s deception misled consumers and harmed honest American businesses,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said. “Today’s record-setting civil penalty makes clear that firms committing Made-in-USA fraud will not get a free pass.”

In addition to paying the penalty, the seller of cookware and home furnishings will be required to submit annual compliance reports, the FTC said. The settlement also imposes and reinforces a number of requirements about manufacturing claims the company can make.

Whenever I see the phrase "an awful lot of..." I find it's almost always reversable.

"you see an awful lot of $300 guitars"

but also:

"you see a lot of awful $300 guitars"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20121904

The Sports Bra is a pub where women’s sports are celebrated — and the only thing on TV.

Packed and buzzing with activity, the bar has successfully tapped into a meteoric rise of interest in women’s sports, embodied most recently by the frenzy over University of Iowa basketball phenomenon Caitlin Clark’s records-smashing feats.

Just two years after opening, the bar announced plans this week to go nationwide through a franchise model.

“Things have happened at light speed compared to what my forecast was,” founder and CEO Jenny Nguyen told The Associated Press. “This tiny spot that I built for my friends and I to watch games and give female athletes their flowers means so much more. And not just to me, but to a lot of people.”