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Don`t be a dunce know about the D-U-N-S
Ever see those adds for hot singles in your area? Wouldn't it be nice if you knew they were real? Businesses have the same issue so the Data Universal Numbering System maintained by Dun and Bradstreet was created. It is often called the D-U-N-S. It is how procurement agents find people in their area and unfamiliar areas. Since even businesses need to find competitive edges. However, that guy at the coffee pot may have had a good point. This is expensive restricts choices and made his life miserable, so he says. For the average investor investigating companies using this would be counter productive.
However, there is another tool HS Codes (Harmonized System Codes). So with this we can do a little deeper research on our company. Since, these codes are usually maintained by governments and are public information. Remember it's the future and there are no fax machines, but there are useful tools on the Internet.
Lets see how useful this tool is. I know somebody who likes Lululemon. Lets use this bit of knowledge we gathered to see if we can get useful data.
https://www.importyeti.com/company/lululemon-usa
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I will let you judge for yourselves how useful or useful this is.
The point here is you never know when something or someone has a bit of knowledge that maybe useful. I learned this from a college who was actually a woman and in charge of sourcing materials for billion dollar corporations. It was from that short 20 minutes of listening that I learned this.