Marketplace Solutions Blog

On Monday, October 21, 2019, a jury found that the maker of 5-Hour Energy – Living Essentials LLC – did not violate the Robinson-Patman Act when it offered Costco lower wholesale prices and instant rebates that it didn’t make available to other resellers. Although 5-Hour Energy ultimately ...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported on its lengthy investigation of the Amazon.com marketplace that revealed the presence of “thousands of banned, unsafe or mislabeled products.” The Journal reviewed thousands of product listings and hired a federally certified testing company to ...

Whitney Gibson, partner and chair, and Denise Zmuda, Chief Strategy and Client Success Officer, both of Vorys eControl, will lead a webinar hosted by Edge by Ascential on Thursday, October 10, 2019. The webinar entitled, “Marketplace-Proof Your Brand: Integrated Solutions to Control Sales in ...

Daren Garcia, partner of Vorys eControl, will lead a session at the upcoming Hoboken E^HACKATHON with Edge by Ascential on Oct. 1. The E^HACKATHON Hoboken is a deep-dive eCommerce learning experience for brands only where industry leaders work closely with insiders and experts on the latest ...

Daren Garcia, partner of Vorys eControl, will speak at the E^HACKATHON Seattle with Edge by Ascential on Sept. 24, 2019. At this event, fellow leaders of change come together to learn hands-on what it takes to master eCommerce growth with Amazon, blasting beyond the basics to deep-dive case ...

Alibaba Group, which operates the online marketplace Alibaba.com, recently announced that it will now allow U.S.-based businesses to sell on the marketplace. Alibaba currently has platforms in China, India, Brazil and Canada. It reported having more than 630 million annual active consumers on ...

Denise E. Zmuda – a business strategy and channel management expert with more than 25 years of experience – has joined the Vorys eControl team as Chief Strategy and Client Success Officer. The addition of Zmuda will further strengthen and broaden the guidance Vorys eControl provides clients ...

There are three primary and distinct types of intellectual property implicated in eCommerce—trademark, patent, and copyright—each with its own set of laws to protect different types of subject matter and indicia of source for goods and services. This three-part series gives a general ...

Whitney Gibson, partner and chair of Vorys eControl, will join Sucharita Kodali, a principal analyst with Forrester Research for an upcoming webinar entitled “Protecting Your Brand on the Rogue Web: eControl is Essential” on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. Gibson and Kodali will discuss the ...

There are three primary and distinct types of intellectual property implicated in eCommerce—trademark, patent, and copyright—each with its own set of laws to protect different types of subject matter and indicia of source for goods and services. This three-part series gives a general ...