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It will be difficult for the Taliban movement to fulfill social obligations to the population of Afghanistan, some products have already disappeared in the country.

In the UK, due to a shortage of groceries in supermarkets, military personnel will be sent to deliver essential goods and medical supplies to stores in the country.

Prices for clothes and footwear in Russia from January may rise by 20%, writes RBC.

Paper cash receipts should become a thing of the past: they do not give any advantages to either entrepreneurs or customers.

Gasoline production in Russia increased in May by 36.5% in annual terms and 2.9% in monthly terms to 3.4 million tons, according to Rosstat.

The Russian government has allowed non-chain pharmacies and marketplaces to remotely sell OTC medicines.

The barometer of consumer sentiment fell to minus 8.8 points, according to the GfK Institute of Marketing.

The Joe Biden administration may mandate tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine content of cigarettes to a level where smoking is not addictive. At the same time, menthol cigarettes can be completely banned.

Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo do not believe that Apple removed chargers and headphones from boxes with iPhone smartphones to protect the environment - the move was considered a violation of consumer rights and issued a fine to the company.

The company decided to focus on e-commerce and reduce the number of traditional offline stores.

During the year, vegetables and fruits rose most significantly in Russia.

About 7.5 million shipments have been stolen or lost since the lockdown, announced in the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Food industry enterprises have warned of a new reason for the rise in food prices in Russia - an increase in the cost of packaging.

Shipments to the Chinese company Huawei collapsed due to the imposition of US sanctions in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to CNBC, in the last months of last year, the company sent 33 million smartphones worldwide, which is 41 percent less than in the same period of 2019.

This agreement lasted only about two or three months and was terminated on September 4.