Marketplace Solutions Blog

On June 17, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) published a keenly awaited consultation document setting out its proposed recommendations to the UK Government for the new domestic competition law regime for vertical agreements. The CMA’s approach is welcome news for eControl ...

In early 2021, Forrester, in partnership with Vorys eControl, conducted a survey of brand manufacturer executives about their digital commerce strategies. The first Digital State of Brand Manufacturers Study included questions about brands’ focus on direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale dot-com ...

Wondering what process to follow in developing and implementing an online sales control solution for your brand? The Strategy, Foundation, Enforcement process often helps drive the best results. This approach focuses first on strategically assessing your business performance, desired commercial ...

In the final installment of our Four Pillars of Online Sales Control series, we address brand protection. Brand protection encompasses various tactics to combat counterfeit products, online marketplace policy violations and more traditional trademark and copyright violations. For many brands, ...

Amazon, Walmart and other marketplaces are growing at an unprecedented rate. Thousands of new sellers join these platforms every day, and the marketplace model is expanding rapidly around the world. Online marketplaces present many unique threats to brands including: MAP violations Unauthorized ...

In this week’s installment of our Four Pillars of Online Sales Control series, we tackle Pillar Three: Pricing & Promotional Strategy. We will address: How pricing and promotional actions fuel online disruption and harm to brand value; The pros and cons of common pricing policies; and ...

In this installment of our Four Pillars of Online Sales Control series, we tackle Pillar Two: Stopping Unauthorized Sellers. We will cover: The harms caused by unauthorized sellers Mistakes brands make in addressing unauthorized sellers The legal foundation necessary to combat unauthorized ...

In a recent decision, the Eleventh Circuit held that Winn-Dixie did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by operating a website inaccessible to blind individuals. Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. involved a blind individual who sued the grocery chain after he was unable to refill his ...

As Amazon continues to grow, more questions have been raised about whether it can be liable for the acts of its 3P sellers, such as selling defective products. The latest court to weigh in is the California Court of Appeal in the case of Loomis v. Amazon.com, LLC, No. B297995 (Cal. App. 2d ...

As brands increasingly realize, online sales control is a critical predicate to profitable growth in the eCommerce channel, including, in particular, the online marketplace channel. In our first post in this series, we defined the four pillars of online sales control. In this post, we will do a ...