consignment

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It began after the NCA received intelligence about a suspicious consignment of tyre inner tubes being shipped to Italy in March 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"Export markets demand zero tolerance on pests. Even if inspectors find a single fruit fly, the entire consignment is discarded, leading to huge losses," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work as her own instead of her father’s result in her consignment to Salpêtrière.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Called Athena, the technology proposes item descriptions, suggests pricing and, crucially for a company that receives millions of goods a year to sell on consignment, helps discern authentic products from fakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

There was the $20 application fee at the Park Plaza, plus $20 for the belt I need for Menards, purchased only after comparison shopping at a consignment store.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich