08 May, 2024 Novel Food – helping or hindering innovation? By Teresa Hitchcock Taryn Jones Beth Smart What are novel foods? Novel foods comprise foods which are new, modified or produced using a new production process. Only a novel food...
18 Apr, 2024 ASA rulings summary, 10 April - diamond ads must be crystal clear By Georgina Doukanaris Hannah Potter Alex Lowe This week we dive into the ASA’s application of its “average consumer” test through the lens of a recent ruling which concluded that ads...
09 Apr, 2024 Using data and AI in the food and beverage industry By Alexa Smith Data, and specifically personal data, isn’t something that is typically at the top of the agenda in the food and beverage industry. But,...
04 Mar, 2024 Gin Justice Served: M&S Sips Victory By Huw Cookson Ruth Hoy The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which sought to overturn last year's IPEC ruling that M&S's registered designs had been...
31 Jan, 2024 Loyalty prices in the spotlight By Huw Cookson It is interesting to see the CMA beginning a review of supermarket ‘loyalty prices’, something which has become common in the sector in...
30 Jan, 2024 Government's latest consultation continues the post-Brexit shake up of UK consumer law By Kurt Davies Mark Dewar The UK Department for Business and Trade's (DBT) response to a consultation launched in September 2023 results in further proposed...
15 Jan, 2024 Ireland Launches New Agri-Food Regulator to Tackle Unfair Trading Practices By Darach Connolly Jo Kane As 2024 begins, large players in the CGFR sector active in Ireland will need to navigate a new and ambitious regulator governing the...
23 Nov, 2023 Influencer Marketing Best Practice in Australia - the AiMCO Code of Practice By Sophie Edgerton Jessie Buchan Olivia Newbold As we set out in our previous post, the AANA Code of Ethics is clear that advertising material should be clearly distinguishable as such,...
13 Nov, 2023 Being authentic in business: How to build and maintain an authentic brand By Sophie Lessar VINITA ARORA Claire Sng Chris Rennie +1 more... Show less Greenwashing, sportswashing and pinkwashing You may be selling t-shirts that support Pride, the LGBT+ community, or other groups that...
13 Nov, 2023 Kidfluencers & The New Children’s Advertising Code By Sophie Edgerton Jessie Buchan Hazel Pang We introduced the AANA in a previous blog post as the leading industry and self-regulatory body for advertisers and marketers in...
24 Oct, 2023 Influencer Marketing According to AANA By Jessie Buchan Sophie Edgerton Olivia Newbold Following on from our introductory post last week, this week we’ll take a closer look at influencer marketing in the context of the...
03 Oct, 2023 Collapse of high street retailers – re-focusing on Retention of Title (ROT) clauses By Kurt Davies Holly Pearsall Mark Dewar There's nothing like a major event to make businesses pause and dust off their standard terms and conditions – see Covid 19 and force...
23 Aug, 2023 SCOTCH WHISKY Now a Registered Certification Mark in Hong Kong By Wilson Lung This is certainly good news for the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) as they work to promote the exceptional quality of products using the...
23 Aug, 2023 Sectoral investigation into the Hungarian dairy industry - report published by the Hungarian Competition Authority By Zoltan Marosi Peter Virag In July 2023, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has concluded its sector inquiry into the domestic dairy industry, intending to...
29 Jun, 2023 Wildfires rage as the EU pushes on with landmark ESG legislation By Kurt Davies Mark Dewar A US City is enveloped in an orange haze emanating from Canadian forest fires hundreds of miles to the North. Shows in the Theatre...
06 Jun, 2023 An update on the new UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill By Kurt Davies Mark Dewar On 25 April 2023, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) was introduced by the UK Government. Now at the...