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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man. Collector's Edge has acquired a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the Journal Sentinel reported. The shop's owner, Steve Dobrzynski, first posted photos of the book on social media last Tuesday. He told the Journal Sentinel a couple found the book among a dead relative's possessions and brought it to him for help selling it.

Persons: Collector's, Stan Lee, Peter Parker, Steve Dobrzynski, Dobrzynski, ”, it's, ” Dobrzynski Organizations: MILWAUKEE, Journal Sentinel, Marvel Comics, Certified Guaranty Company Locations: Milwaukee, Texas, Florida

☆ An entrepreneur who bought a tennis center for $40,000 in 2010 has done seven-figures in revenue in 2023 after barely surviving the pandemic. He shares 3 keys to running a successful small business.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

They leased the real estate — a single tennis court with an attached 330-square-foot pro shop — and bought the business. Pickleball, a different racket sport that is played on a smaller court with a smaller paddle and a wiffleball. His goal was to "build the best pickleball shop in the country," he said. To give yourself some time back as an entrepreneur, you have to hire good staff, which is exactly what Neeter did. Pickleball is played on a smaller court with a smaller paddle and a wiffleball.

Persons: Jon Neeter, Neeter, there's, he's, pickleball, I'd, everybody's, Pickleball, Jon Neeter Rather, You'll Organizations: Santa Monica Pickleball Center, Santa Monica Tennis Center, Santa Locations: Santa Monica , California, California, America, Southern California, Los Angeles

☆ A tennis center owner in Santa Monica changed his entire business to capitalize on the pickleball surge in America. It was a 'huge risk' but his revenue numbers have doubled and his court has never be
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Former collegiate coach Jon Neeter bought a tennis center in Santa Monica, CA for $40,000 in 2010. He converted his single tennis court into four pickleball courts and business is booming. Plus, he liked the idea of his work being concentrated in one place, rather than scattered at various tennis courts all over LA. A standard pickleball court is 20 feet wide by 44 feet long, much smaller than a tennis court. Plus, he was unsure about how he was going to replicate the Santa Monica Tennis Center anywhere else in LA.

Persons: Jon Neeter, —, Neeter, Jon Arend, Arend, who's, he'd, Sam Querrey, didn't, I'd, they'd, He's, there's, he's Organizations: Service, beachy Santa, Santa, Duke University, Palisades Tennis Center, LA, Santa Monica Tennis Center, Santa Monica Pickleball Center, Neeter Locations: Santa Monica , CA, Wilshire, Los Angeles, LA, Santa Monica, New Jersey, California, West LA, Southern California, pickleball

☆ How TikTok's obsession with pickle-jar sweatshirts has been 'absolutely life-changing' for one seller
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

One merchant, Jessica Slone, has sold over 43,000 sweatshirts through TikTok Shop. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne seller, Jessica Slone, founder of Bad Addiction Boutique, has sold over 43,000 pickle-jar sweatshirts at $44 a pop through TikTok Shop. The company released a Halloween version of the pickle-jar sweatshirt ahead of the holiday. "TikTok Shop is kind of this roller coaster, and right now it's on this amazing uphill journey," she said. Read more about how TikTok Shop virality is impacting sellers

Persons: TikTok, Jessica Slone, Slone, —, Anker, Slone isn't, It's, Wickles Pickles, Dill Organizations: TikTok, Service, Facebook, Shop, Slone Locations: McClure's, Mt . Olive

☆ Leaked TikTok campaign brief for Black Friday shows it plans to pump live shopping and reward sellers up to $1,500
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Dan Whateley | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One source familiar with TikTok Shop's strategy said the company typically recommends at least two hours for a successful shopping stream. A TikTok Shop exec in the UK told Insider in May that the company expects its e-commerce business to shift toward live shopping over time. The 100 top performing videos in each category will earn sellers some amount of credits to promote their shoppable content in-app. The top five posts in terms of order quantity will earn sellers $200 in promote coupons, for example. Similar offerings are available for sellers during TikTok Shop's Black Friday and Cyber Monday push.

Persons: TikTok, Sellers, it's, influencers, Etsy Organizations: TikTok, UK, Insider, Bloomberg, Black Locations: China

The pickle-wardrobe mania is emblematic of what sets TikTok Shop apart from e-commerce competitors like Shopify and Amazon. Just like TikTok's non-shopping content, TikTok Shop is built around viral videos, be it a surge in viewer interest in pickle-jar sweatshirts or a mad rush to buy freeze-dried Skittles . For UK sellers, chasing virality still seems to be the defining characteristic of the TikTok Shop experience. Jessica Slone runs TikTok shop Bad Addiction Boutique, which has sold tens of thousands of pickle-jar sweatshirts. "TikTok Shop is kind of this roller coaster, and right now it's on this amazing uphill journey.

Persons: TikTok, Dill, Frank Bloomer, Ashley Martinez, Michael Herling, I'm, it's, Herling, Jessica Slone, Slone, TikTok's, Lindzi Shanks, Shanks, TikTok doesn't, Virality, Laura Ritchey, Sellers, Julia Cote, hadn't, influencers, they'd, Ben Muir, virality, Hira Tariq, who's, Candy, there'll, It's, Boutique's Slone Organizations: US, TikTok Shop, Shipping Locations: Grillo's, West Texas

☆ TikTok's Southeast Asia ambitions to take a major hit with Indonesia ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Aditya Aji | Afp | Getty ImagesTikTok's Southeast Asian ambitions will take a major hit after Indonesia bans shopping transactions on social media apps, analysts told CNBC. Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms such as TikTok Shop and Facebook . Even if it can secure a separate license to operate, operating as a standalone app may still be challenging. "Even if it can secure a separate license to operate, operating as a standalone app may still be challenging," said Mittal. New social media rulesOn Saturday, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo called for social media regulations, saying such platforms impact micro-, small- and medium-sized companies and the economy.

Persons: Aditya Aji, Jonathan Woo, Sachin, Sachin Mittal, TikTok, Mittal, Joko Widodo Organizations: Facebook, Afp, Getty, CNBC, Phillip Securities Research, Sachin Mittal DBS Bank, U.S, DBS Bank, BMI, Momentum Works Locations: Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Jakarta, China, Southeast Asia, U.S, Singapore, Montana, India

☆ TikTok's new app store signals its goal to be an e-commerce platform that relies less on established players like Shopify
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok Shop, the social media app's e-commerce platform, officially came out of beta in the US on Tuesday. TikTok Shop is meant to be an end-to-end shopping destination, with in-feed and live video shopping, a dedicated shop tab in the TikTok app, an affiliate marketing program, and in-app checkout. TikTok's app store filters apps according to a seller's current e-commerce platform, including Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and Amazon. Being on TikTok's app store also helps third-party software providers get discovered by sellers who might want to use their products. "We love an app store because the app store is saying: this is a trustworthy provider," Hallock said.

Persons: TikTok, Rick Watson, Watson, Anne Hallock, Hallock Organizations: Shop, RMW Commerce Consulting, Partners, TikTok Locations: Salesforce

☆ Taiwan hopes Pope's China engagement helps 'worsening' religious freedom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pope Francis attends a welcome ceremony at the bishop's house during his Apostolic Journey, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia September 1, 2023. China's foreign ministry said the pope's blessing reflected friendship and goodwill, noting China and the Vatican had maintained communication in recent years. "We hope that Vatican-China exchanges will help improve China's worsening religious freedom and human rights issues," it added. China's constitution guarantees religious freedom, but in recent years the government has tightened restrictions on religions seen as a challenge to the authority of the ruling Communist Party. Taiwan puts no restrictions on freedom of faith and has a thriving religious community that includes Christians, Buddhists and Muslims.

Persons: Pope Francis, Pope Francis messaged, Xi Jinping, Francis, Xi, Ben Blanchard, William Mallard Organizations: Vatican, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Catholic Church, Communist Party, Taiwan, Thomson Locations: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Rights TAIPEI, Taiwan, China, Taipei, Beijing, China's

☆ A taste of cookie heaven? Lisbon pastry shop marks pope's visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A pastry chef stands beside cookies with Pope Francis images ahead of his apostolic journey to Portugal on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day, in Lisbon, Portugal, July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro NunesLISBON, July 26 (Reuters) - As Lisbon gears up for a long visit by Pope Francis next week, a local pastry shop has rolled out a brand-new treat to mark the occasion: a cookie with the pontiff's picture on it that is already selling fast. The idea began as an in-house joke between one of the owners of Balcao do Marques, Fernando Santos, and his pastry chefs. The city-centre pastry shop is close to one of the venues where Francis will attend World Youth Day, a global gathering of young Catholics that runs from Aug. 1-6. Their design features an edible printed image of the pope set on a home-made cookie decorated with icing and coloured sugar sprinkles.

Persons: Pope Francis, Pedro Nunes LISBON, Marques, Fernando Santos, Francis, Santos, he'll, it's, Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira, Pedro Nunes, Andrei Khalip, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Portugal, Lisbon, Balcao

☆ Inside Adobe, some staff worry their AI tech will kill graphic designer jobs and undermine the company's business model: 'Is this what we want?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Adobe employees worry their AI technology could kill graphic designer jobs. Adobe AI tools make it easy to add new graphic elements or edit photos with text prompts. Inside Adobe, there's a debate raging over new AI technology that threatens to kill jobs among a key group of customers and potentially undermine the company's business model. The response from some Adobe employees has been less enthusiastic, according to internal messages viewed by Insider and interviews with employees. the person wrote.

Persons: Slack, Goldman Sachs, didn't, Brent Thill, David Wadhwani, Adobe, Bernstein, Eugene Kim Organizations: Adobe, Employees, Jefferies, Microsoft

☆ TikTok is offering creators $1,000 cash incentives and other rewards as it looks to bolster its e-commerce program
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Dan Whateley | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

TikTok is offering a slew of cash bonuses and rewards to creators that use its new shopping feature. The conversation centered around how to formalize the role of "TikTok Shop creator" as a new category of influencer, akin to a sports or food personality, Jayy said. "I'm thinking about marketing myself as a TikTok Shop creator," she said. In another instance, they were offered $1,000 in cash for generating at least $3,000 in Shop sales via a video. "Most of the people don't have the support or the knowledge to even be these TikTok Shop creators that TikTok wants them to be."

Persons: Sharon Jayy, Jayy, it's, TikTok, influencers, It's, Ross Hawthorne, Nadia Lynn Garcia, Maryam Malik, Lissette, Shayna Farnan, she's, Malik, Lauren Mabra, Mabra, Pinterest, Farnan Organizations: TikTok, Real Quick Media, Meta, Facebook, YouTube, Financial Times, TikTok Shop Locations: Culver City , California, China, London

☆ TikTok is luring creators into its Shop program with office visits, private chat groups, and cold hard cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Whateley | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The conversation centered around how to formalize the role of "TikTok Shop creator" as a new category of influencer, akin to a sports or food personality, Jayy said. "I'm thinking about marketing myself as a TikTok Shop creator," she said. In another instance, they were offered $1,000 in cash for generating at least $3,000 in Shop sales via a video. On the right, a screenshot of what a creator sees on the backend when using TikTok Shop as an affiliate. "Most of the people don't have the support or the knowledge to even be these TikTok Shop creators that TikTok wants them to be."

☆ TikTok creators are raking in cash and scoring millions of views from its shopping affiliate program. Will it last?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Dan Whateley | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

TikTok creators are raking in sales commissions from its new e-commerce program, TikTok Shop. TikTok has some requirements for who can join its TikTok Shop program. Some users work directly with brands on TikTok Shop promotions, while others simply choose eligible products from TikTok Shop sellers at a standard commission rate. Micro and nano influencers can also score big TikTok Shop paydaysCreators don't need to have millions or even hundreds of thousands of followers to make good money from TikTok Shop commissions. Natalie Park, a fashion, lifestyle, and college content creator with around 32,000 TikTok followers, also had a TikTok Shop video featuring a phone stand go viral.

Persons: Shayna Farnan, Farnan, Jeneen Sahtout, Shawn Jacobson, Jacobson, TikTok, Nicole Rechtszaid, Arlene Resendiz, Resendiz, Sharon Jayy, Grace Secrist, Alexander Jane, Natalie Park, I'm, what's, influencers, they'd Organizations: Walmart, CVS, TikTok, influencers, Ghost Agency, TikTop, Fund Locations: Pennsylvania, UK, Indonesia

☆ TikTokers are earning thousands in commissions from its new shopping program and scoring millions of views. Will it last?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Dan Whateley | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

TikTok creators are raking in sales commissions from its new e-commerce program, TikTok Shop. TikTok has some requirements for who can join its TikTok Shop program. Micro and nano influencers can also score big TikTok Shop paydaysCreators don't need to have millions or even hundreds of thousands of followers to make good money from TikTok Shop commissions. Natalie Park, a fashion, lifestyle, and college content creator with around 32,000 TikTok followers, also had a TikTok Shop video featuring a phone stand go viral. "It's just a matter of sorting through the TikTok Shop and finding what's actually on there that's worth my time."

☆ Zelenskiy and Poland's Duda pay tribute to victims of WW2 massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Together we pay tribute to all the innocent victims of Volhynia! Memory unites us!," Duda's office and Zelenskiy both wrote on Twitter. The Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram that Ukraine and Poland were "united against a common enemy who dreamed of dividing us". "We agreed to work together to get the best possible result for Ukraine," Zelenskiy wrote. However, Ukraine's parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk moved to defuse tensions in May when he told the Polish parliament that Kyiv understood Poland's pain.

Persons: Kyiv's staunchest, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Andrzej Duda, Zelenskiy, Stanislaw Gadecki, Andriy Yermak, Duda, Pawel Szrot, Stepan Bandera, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Max Hunder, Alan Charlish, William Maclean, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Twitter, Polish Bishop's Conference, NATO, Polsat, Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Warsaw, Russia, Volhynia, Lutsk, Ukraine, Poland, Vilnius, Kyiv

☆ Police search Cologne archdiocese in abuse perjury investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] The doorbell of Cologne's Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki is pictured in Cologne, Germany June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Andreas KranzBERLIN, June 27 (Reuters) - German police searched properties belonging to the Archdiocese of Cologne on Tuesday as part of a perjury investigation against Cologne Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki linked to his handling of historic abuse cases, prosecutors said. The archbisopric said at the time the attempt to accuse Woelki of perjury was unfounded. Prosecutors in Cologne said some 30 police officers were involved in searches in six locations, four of which were in Cologne and included rooms in the archbishop's residence. The allegations concern abuse by priest Winfried Pilz who had run a Catholic children's charity and died in 2019.

Persons: Rainer Maria Woelki, Andreas Kranz BERLIN, perjured, Woelki, Cardinal Woelki, Ralf Hoecker, Winfried Pilz, Pope, Friederike Heine, Madeline Chambers, Maria Sheahan, Ed Osmond, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Archdiocese, Cologne, Germany's Catholic, Catholic Church, Prosecutors, Catholic, WDR, Reuters Television, Thomson Locations: Cologne, Germany, Germany's, Rome

☆ Heavens above! Church of England clergy demand pay rise for first time in history
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Sachin Ravikumar | Thomson Reuters | Sachin Ravikumar Is A Correspondent For Reuters In London Covering General News Across The Uk. Over Nine Years At Reuters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Even the clergy are not immune from Britain's cost-of-living crisis, which has now forced Church of England vicars to make a formal pay claim for the first time in their nearly 500-year history. A Church of England spokesperson said it was aware that its clergy were dealing with a cost-of-living crisis. The Church last year set aside 3 million pounds for dioceses to make grants to help clergy struggling with the rising energy bills. Unite proposed the clergy's national minimum stipend rise to 29,340 pounds ($37,600) and the national stipend benchmark be increased to 31,335 pounds, it said. "Last year many clergy had to turn to charitable aid because they couldn't make ends meet," said Sam Maginnis, a member of the clergy and Unite.

Persons: Sharon Graham, Sam Maginnis, Sachin Ravikumar, Angus MacSwan Organizations: of, of England, Archbishop's Council, Thomson Locations: of England

☆ TikTok Shop, a rising threat to Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesTikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia. TikTok Shop is the e-commerce marketplace of short video app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance. In 2022, TikTok Shop expanded to six Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. TikTok is "focused on the continued development of TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia," said the spokesperson. To incentivize sellers to join the platform, TikTok Shop waived commission fees when it launched in Singapore in August.

Persons: TikTok, Shopee, Shawn Yang, Shop's, Sachin Mittal, Lazada's GMV, Jonathan Woo, Lazada, Shou Zi, Woo, bode Organizations: Blue Lotus Research Institute, Sea Group, DBS Bank, CNBC, Intelligence, Phillip Securities Research, TikTok, U.S, Merchants, SG, Phillip Securities Locations: Southeast Asia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Southeast, GMV, U.S, Statista, Brazil, China, U.S ., Montana, Texas, Nomieo

☆ Adobe's new AI Photoshop tool could save photographers hours of editing time by instantly extending images and adding new elements
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Adobe has launched a generative AI tool into Photoshop for the first time. The tool is currently available to paying Photoshop users in a beta, and will be released to the public later this year. Adobe Photoshop is joining the generative artificial intelligence boom ignited by OpenAI's popular ChatGPT. Adobe's Firefly generative AI was trained on Adobe's own library of stock images, as well as other licensed and public domain images. AdobeThe new AI tools can quickly change the sky or add individual things like a tent, person, shooting star, or flying car Adobe

☆ I tested 5 quick and easy ways to earn your first dollar online. This is my guide for how to do it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Zulie Rane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Rane says that the first dollar is the hardest to earn online, and then tried five ways to do it. So I decided to write an actual actionable guide on how to earn your first dollar online. So let's get into five ways to earn your first dollar online — that I have testedWhat do you need to earn your first dollar online? Let's look at five uncommon ways to earn your very first dollar online. I recommend:Hopefully, you'll be able to leave user testing and playing games for pennies behind as you move forward toward more profitable ways to earn money online.

☆ Thieves in Peru made off with 200 sneakers worth over $13,000 — but they were all just for the right foot: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Three people broke into a shoe shop in the city of Huancayo in central Peru on Sunday. They made off with 200 sneakers — but they were all for the right foot, per Peruvian newspaper El Comercio. The heist is worth a total of 50,000 Peruvian Soles, or $13,400, Peruvian newspaper El Comercio reported Tuesday, citing another local outlet Diario Correo. Footage from the shop's security camera captured the crime, El Comercio reported. A Tuesday tweet from El Comercio showed a photo of the messy shoe shop following the crime.

☆ Factbox: Jack Teixeira: Who is the man arrested over leaked Pentagon documents?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested on Thursday for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. Teixeira served with the Air National Guard in Massachusetts, as did his stepfather. His unit, the 102nd intelligence wing of the Massachusetts National Guard, is responsible for providing intelligence support to many units of the military. Teixeira joined the Air National Guard in 2019, part of the National Guard that reports to the governor of their respective state or territory. The National Guard is made up of reserve troops that often hold civilian jobs or attend schools, and often respond to domestic emergencies.

☆ TikTok is subsidizing shipping and hawking 30% discounts as it races to onboard US sellers for its social-shopping service
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sellers told Insider that TikTok Shop is driving real sales, but still has some bugs to work out. Thus, when TikTok emailed her in March to join the US rollout of its e-commerce initiative TikTok Shop, she decided to give it a shot. Unlike with some other e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, TikTok sellers in the US need to handle their own order shipping and fulfillment. TikTok assists in generating shipping labels for new orders, the sellers told Insider. FancyCube is leaning heavily into working with influencers on TikTok Shop, sending them free products and offering them between 10% and 15% commission when their TikTok videos convert into makeup sales.

☆ Sellers testing TikTok's shopping program say it's offering big discounts and driving sales as the company tries to jumpstart its US e-commerce business
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sellers told Insider that TikTok Shop is driving real sales, but still has some bugs to work out. Thus, when TikTok emailed her in March to join the US rollout of its e-commerce initiative TikTok Shop, she decided to give it a shot. "We're seeing a ton of sales through TikTok Shop," Davison told Insider. Unlike with some other e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, TikTok sellers in the US need to handle their own order shipping and fulfillment. Because the program is still in its testing phase, sellers told Insider they've encountered a few hiccups.

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