Not sure whay that happened. Yet the issues seem to have resolved themselves. Brand dropdown is working great now. Maybe the other tweaks you did helped.
Can you please view this and provide feedback:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n2zm0iums641j17/shoplayout.mp4?dl=0
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