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Shares of Tupperware Brands shot up nearly 50% on Friday on the heels of a 90% jump in after-hours trading the previous day after the struggling kitchen storage container maker announced a debt restructuring deal.

The Florida-based company, known for its bright-colored plastic airtight containers, raised doubts in April about its ability to continue as a going concern as it struggles with slumping sales.

On Thursday, Tupperware announced it had struck an agreement with its lenders which will help reduce or reallocate about $150 million of cash interest and fees, and would give it immediate access to a revolving borrowing capacity of about $21 million.

The agreement “provides a lifeline, yet the market environment may prove to be extremely difficult,” said Bartosz Sawicki, market analyst at financial services firm Conotoxia.

After a surge in demand for Tupperware containers to store food during the lockdown, the company has witnessed a slide in sales volumes since 2022.

Tupperware has tapped New York-based turnaround management firm Alvarez & Marsal.

The move will “improve the company’s overall financial position by amending certain credit obligations and extending the maturity of certain debt facilities,” the company said.

Tupperware also announced the reduction of amortization payments required to be paid through fiscal year 2025 by approximately $55 million, and immediate access to a revolving borrowing capacity has been slashed to about $21 million.

“I am confident that this agreement provides us with the financial flexibility to continue executing on our near-term turnaround efforts as well as our long-term strategy to create a global omni-channel consumer brand, Tupperware CFO Mariela Matute said in the statement

Representatives for Tupperware did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Tupperware shares closed up 36% to $4.77 on Friday, leaving it with a market value of $212.2 million — a stark increase after losing about 63% off its value over the past 12 months.

In 2022, Tupperware recorded revenue of $1.3 billion — a dip from the $1.69 billion it did in sales in 2021 and a hefty drop from the $1.74 billion in 2020.

The company has posted negative sales growth in five of the last six years — a trend that seemed to be accelerating so far this year.

Launched in 1946, Tupperware was the creation of chemist Earl Tupper, whose seal-tight design was inspired by paint cans. The brand was soon a household name.

In the late 1940s, a single Detroit mom named Brownie Wise began hosting get-togethers to peddle Tupperware, inspiring other women to do the same.

Tupperware Ladies and Tupperware Parties became an icon of midcentury suburban living and an early form of multilevel marketing.

In the decades that followed, numerous other brands entered the seal-tight container market. Tupperware enthusiasts have a deep love of the brand, but they admit its best years are in the past. 

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From Bitcoin to stablecoins, what’s next for digital currency? Stablecoins will continue to play a fundamental role in crypto payments, and their important role will only grow.

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Trump delays cancellation of de minimis trade exemption targeting China imports

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Employees package and sort express parcels at an e-commerce company on Nov. 1, 2024, around the Double 11 Shopping Festival in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade exemption, a provision commonly used by Chinese e-commerce companies Temu and Shein.

The order states that de minimis will be restored for small packages shipped from China, “but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue” on those items.

Trump on Saturday suspended the exemption as part of new tariffs that include an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods. The nearly century-old exception, known as de minimis, has been used by many e-commerce companies to send goods worth less than $800 into the U.S. duty-free, creating a competitive advantage.

It was predicted that its removal could overwhelm U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees, as the mountain of low-value shipments already making their way into the U.S. would suddenly require formal processing.

De minimis has helped fuel an explosion in cheap goods being shipped from China into the U.S. CBP has said it processed more than 1.3 billion de minimis shipments in 2024. A 2023 report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party found that Temu and Shein are “likely responsible” for more than 30% of de minimis shipments into the U.S., and “likely nearly half” of all de minimis shipments originate from China.

Critics of the de minimis provision say it’s provided an unfair advantage to Chinese e-commerce companies, and created an influx of packages that are “subject to minimal documentation and inspection,” raising concerns around counterfeit and unsafe goods.

The Biden administration proposed a new rule last September to curb the “overuse and abuse” of de minimis. The rule proposes to strengthen the CBP’s information collection requirements for de minimis shipments.

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Tesla increases Model X price, brings back incentive Elon Musk said was ‘not coming back’

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Tesla has increased Model X prices and brought back an incentive that CEO Elon Musk said was unsustainable and “not coming back to any vehicles.”

Today, Tesla updated its Model X configurator in the US to raise the prices of the electric SUV by $5,000.

The new prices are $84,990 for the Long Range version and $99,990 for the Plaid version:

The price increase means the Model X ino longer qualifies for the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit as it now exceeds the $80,000 price cap for electric SUVs.

But with the price increase, Tesla is ramping up the incentives.

Tesla brings the price down by $1,000 with a referral code, it gives one option for free if you buy the Full Self-Driving package, and it is bringing pack “free Supercharing for life.”

The latter, Tesla stopped offering because CEO Elon Musk said it was unsustainable.

Back in 2020, the CEO said that it will “not come back to any [Tesla] vehicles”:

“Just us being fools, but free Supercharging forever is not coming back to any vehicles. It’s not a good incentive structure.”

However, it did bring it back last year as an “end-of-the-year incentive.”

But now, Tesla is bringing it back for Model S and Model X, and it applies to orders from the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Europe and Middle East.

Tesla has made some changes to the program. Instead of being linked to the vehicle, meaning free Supercharging would remain if you sell it, it is now attached to your Tesla account.

The automaker also says that it doesn’t apply to vehicles used for commercial purposes:

“Customers who purchase or lease a new Model X are eligible for free Supercharging during your ownership of the vehicle. Offer is tied to your Tesla Account and cannot be transferred to another vehicle, person or order, even in the case of ownership transfer. Used vehicles, business orders and vehicles used for commercial purposes (like taxi, rideshare and delivery services) are excluded from this promotion.”

However, Tesla also said that the last time, but it is hard to enforce.

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