Apple supporting a Microsoft backed product?
German automakers each had a few offerings, but they may be holding back products until the big Frankfurt show in September.
Tracing back products to their origins and reconstructing the audit trail for high-risk products can highlight where unusual suppliers have been used or there is variation from normal supply routes.
In grocery stores and supermarkets, prices were marked up and shelves were going bare as distributors held back products until the new policies went into effect and consumers tried to stock up on basic goods like cooking oil.
"It's really stunning that the Europeans are trying to claw back products made popular in other countries," says Jim Mulhern, president of the National Milk Producers Federation, which represents US dairy farmers.
But when online shopping novices graduate to $200 sweaters and $800 kitchen appliances, the thinking went, they will be more likely to ship back products that don't suit them.
Amazon doesn't have physical stores where it could take back products, but it could join a coalition like the Closed Loop Fund, which was started by Walmart, to improve municipal recycling.
While consumers back products on crowdfunding sites, investors back visions.
I often hear VCs say that they don't back products, they back platforms.
Funds that back products and services for the large underserved classes will do well.
The Taurus and the Ranger are candidates, but there are some reports that Ford may push back products, like the Mustang, to save money.
