Recalling then-candidate Joe Biden’s 2019 advice that out-of-work coal miners should learn to code, now-unemployed coders may want to check job listings for “Luxury Procurement Specialist” or “Handbag Authenticator” as the resale sector widens its crackdown on knockoffs. A quick web search finds job openings...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently wrote a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) asking it to add Amazon’s France and India sites to a list of “Notorious Markets” known for counterfeiting goods, according to CNBC. AAFA, a clothing trade group representing...
Amazon is expanding its anti-counterfeiting program, called Transparency, to Europe, India and Canada, according to a report by TechCrunch. The program works by adding a T-shaped QR-like code to items to serialize them and help to identify when the item is fake, both on Amazon’s...
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) has placed Chinese eCommerce site Pinduoduo.com on a blacklist, along with other sites the organization says are involved in copyright infringement and counterfeiting, according to a report from Reuters. The site is the third-largest online marketplace in the country....
February 25, 2024
America’s most common form of currency might also be its least wanted. There are now more $100 bills in circulation than any other denomination, with the number of these bills doubling between 2012 and 2022, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Feb. 25), citing Federal Reserve data. And as that report noted, these bills […]
October 01, 2019
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently wrote a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) asking it to add Amazon’s France and India sites to a list of...
July 10, 2019
Amazon is expanding its anti-counterfeiting program, called Transparency, to Europe, India and Canada, according to a report by TechCrunch. The program works by adding a T-shaped QR-like code to items...
April 25, 2019
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) has placed Chinese eCommerce site Pinduoduo.com on a blacklist, along with other sites the organization says are involved in copyright infringement and counterfeiting, according...
