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Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
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The Massachusetts’ Consumer Privacy in Commercial Transactions Act (the “Act”) limits companies’ ability to request and collect personal identification information (“PII”) that is not required for a transaction. The Act does...more
Amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, retailers are continuing to herald digital mediums to spread holiday cheer to shoppers worldwide. The Hogan Lovells Retail and Fashion team is delighted to bring you our...more
Room Rental Site Sued Over Chimerical Reviews and Listings - FTC keeps promise to ramp up negative attention on false positives - Ghosted - Remember the first time you hunted for your own apartment? The anguish of...more
In today’s digital world, online marketplaces have become hotspots for organized crime, particularly relating to the sale of stolen and counterfeit goods by third-party sellers. These fraudulent sales mislead consumers, cost...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week filed a civil case against Amazon alleging that the company used “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into...more
The Competition Bureau published its sixth volume of the Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest on April 17. The latest edition looks at the use of fake scarcity cues in online marketplaces and provides an update on drip...more
The continued growth and dominance of e-commerce has ushered in a new frontier for businesses. In response to the progressive evolution from brick-and-mortar marketplaces to the current e-commerce dominant landscape,...more
Earlier last month, Judge Vince Chhabbria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a novel complaint that the court noted stretched the bounds of when directors of a company could...more
In a move that could prove beneficial for both brands and consumers alike, Amazon recently filed a lawsuit against two fake-review brokers, AppSally and Rebatest. These companies connect consumers with third-party sellers to...more
Many shoppers will not purchase any product or service without first reading the reviews of prior customers. Therefore, retailers may be tempted to more prominently display the positive reviews and/or suppress negative...more
Suppressing negative customer reviews may lead to costly consequences. Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova recently settled the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) allegations that the company blocked negative online reviews...more
In April 2020, when we were all focused on finding masks and hand sanitizer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $9.3 million settlement with Fashion Nova. The agency alleged that the company violated the Mail...more
The holiday shopping season is upon us once again and this year, as last, continues to present challenges for consumer companies and retailers. Omnichannel is growing in prominence as consumers maintain their reliance on...more
Shoppers in online marketplaces, or customers checking reviews before dining or retaining a service, have become increasingly reliant on internet testimonials. Mark P. of Hoboken, NJ rates Hank’s Burger Depot 5 out of 5...more
The new legislation extends both the protections available to consumers, as well as the obligations applicable to e-commerce retailers. With its recent implementation of a new consumer protection law, the United Arab...more
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually all aspects of our daily lives. Zoom meetings have replaced conference room gatherings. Kids attend classes from kitchen tables. Family movie nights are likely to...more
COVID-19 has increased the already dizzying amount of online sales, making the applicable marketing requirements increasingly important. These rules affect not just how companies advertise and promote products and services...more
COVID-19 is the biggest disruption to consumer retail spending patterns in recent history. Store closures and stay-at-home orders have accelerated the adoption of e-commerce, and U.S. consumers are expected to spend more than...more
The coronavirus pandemic has presented many challenges for those in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space, and beyond. Supply chain disruptions, rapid migration of point-of-sale from brick-and-mortar outlets to online...more
Long before COVID-19 affected retail companies had already started shifting to e-commerce platforms, marked by retail giants exclusively in the e-commerce space. ...more
Neal Gerber Eisenberg and Wolters Kluwer have teamed up to bring you NGE IP Focus, a quarterly newsletter dedicated to intellectual property-related legal decisions. In this issue, we focus on advertising and social media,...more
While retailers recognize that most purchases can be accomplished by conveniently using an electronic medium, they also know that “one click” shopping does not satisfy everyone....more
According to recent Nielsen ratings, the most watched TV shows and live TV events top off at around 20 million viewers. In contrast, the most popular personalities on various social media platforms have well over 100 million...more
I am certainly not the only person who has been lured into purchasing a too-good-to-be-true, deeply discounted product online, only to learn that what I actually purchased was a subscription to buy more stuff. Kate Hudson’s...more
Fashion is all about making the old new again, and the well-established concept of a joint venture as a mechanism to extend a brand’s global reach is currently on trend explains Carol Osborne. What is new about the latest...more