#direct-to-consumer-sales

#direct-to-consumer-sales

Washington has effectively expanded a long-standing loophole that allowed Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers for the past 12 years, but blocked other brands (like Rivian) from doing the same thing. Washingtonians couldn't take test drives or discuss pricing at Rivian showrooms in the state. To actually purchase one, they'd need to do the whole process online or travel out of state.

My older brother has worked with pigs his entire adult life, managing about 70,000 of them across five counties, Faaborg says. But we got to a point where he went from laughing at me to saying: well, I guess maybe I'll quit my job and help you out. Now he's the most dedicated, says Katherine Jernigan, director of the Transfarmation Project at Mercy for Animals, a non-profit that helped the Faaborgs make the switch and set up their new business, 1100 Farm.

Tesla's direct-to-consumer sales model is under political threat in New York, risking consumer access and complicating the buying process.

Rose is part of a bigger shift in the cannabis industry toward hemp-derived edibles, which can give users much of the same effects as cannabis-derived THC at lower dosages.