Posted inBanana Republic E-Commerce Fashion and Apparel Shopping and Retail Banana Republic Wants to Outfit Your Home, Too Responding to a volatile market for work clothes, the retailer hopes that selling home goods will help stabilize its business. Posted by By Jordyn Holman
Posted inConsumer Protection Content Type: Service Customer Relations E-Commerce Federal Trade Commission Mobile Applications Mobile Commerce and Payments Personal Finances Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Suits and Litigation (Civil) Tips for Canceling Online Subscriptions It’s easy to sign up but not always so easy to stop a service. The F.T.C. is proposing rules to change that. Posted by By Ann Carrns
Posted inBed Bath & Beyond Inc Byrne, Patrick M E-Commerce Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Overstock.com Shopping and Retail Shutdowns (Institutional) Overstock Buys Intellectual Property to Rename as Bed Bath & Beyond The online retailer is renaming its website and its mobile app after buying the intellectual property of the bankrupt home-goods store. Posted by By Jordyn Holman
Posted inCommunist Party of China Cotton E-Commerce Forced Labor House of Representatives International Trade and World Market Politics and Government Shein (Fashion Label) Shopping and Retail temu United States International Relations United States Politics and Government Congress Spotlights Forced Labor Concerns With Chinese Shopping Sites Shein and Temu A congressional investigation into Temu and Shein offered new insight into services that are delivering a deluge of cheap and little-regulated products. Posted by By Ana Swanson and Claire Fu