2,800 possible Good Smile card-data exposures, a 50% U.S. label tariff, 4,500 Iwanami Bunko revival requests — and 8 more | BPJ News
The places that determine an order’s margin and risk now extend to payment logs, between-process transport, product classification and tariff codes.
From possible card-data exposure to a 50% tariff, factors that can shake margins appeared on either side of the press. Across 11 stories, we examine where costs and orders move: payments, transport, classification, materials and logistics.
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At Good Smile Company, 402,466 cards may have had information such as their last four digits exposed. Horizon International and Konica Minolta will connect four types of equipment, including presses, and integrate sales with maintenance. A 50% additional U.S. tariff changes procurement conditions for Canadian-made pressure-sensitive paper and unprinted labels.
Good Smile: full card details, including all 16 digits, may have leaked for 2,800 people…
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