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...
05 Feb, 2024 AI and Advertising – Emerging Themes By Liam Blackford Hannah Potter Claire Sng As is clear from the data, (see Statistica report December 2023), marketers are prioritizing AI investment this year and the majority are...
17 Jan, 2024 The UK’s move towards a green light for competitor collaboration on the environment By Alexandra Kamerling Saira Iqbal Anti-competitive agreements between competitors have traditionally been a principal focus of enforcement in competition law. However,...
11 Jan, 2024 The Impact of the Green Claims Directive on the Fashion Retail Sector By Philipp Eichenhofer Jeremy Heeck The Commission targets Greenwashing in the fashion retail sector In March 2022, the European Commission presented its “Strategy for...
05 Jan, 2024 ESG Horizon Scanning By Martin Wiseman Alison Cunniffe The increasing rigour of ESG legislation, regulation and industry standards is creating new challenges and pressures for organisations...
11 Dec, 2023 Seibu Employees Voice their Stand and Go on Strike By Beelian Tay Think of Japan and what comes to mind? Trains that run on time and impeccable service standards; the unfailing politeness of service...
06 Dec, 2023 Australia’s Respect@Work Act and the retail sector in the spotlight: the new positive duty By Clancy King Georgio Giannellis From December 2023, employers in Australia have a positive duty to eliminate, so far as is practicable, discrimination on the basis of...
30 Nov, 2023 New Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence Standards for Germany's Textile and Fashion Industry: Compliance Requirements and Methods By Alessandra Kilian Guido Kleve The fashion industry, along with its supply chains, are facing increased political scrutiny, being labelled as one of the world's top...
23 Nov, 2023 Green trademarks in China and Hong Kong By Liam Blackford Elizabeth Wong ‘Green trademarks’ or ‘green marks’ denote trademarks which communicate messages about the environmental impacts or credentials of a...
16 May, 2023 The stores have eyes: CCTV, biometric information and consumer privacy By Sarah Birkett Alex Moore Linzi Penman For shoppers entering bricks-and-mortar retail spaces, the presence of security cameras has long been the norm. But some CCTV systems do...
16 May, 2023 Italian court rules on the first case of trademark infringement through NFTs By Valentina Mazza Carolina Battistella The Court of Rome has issued the first Italian decision on intellectual property rights infringement through the unauthorised sale of...
16 May, 2023 Metaverse art and fashion - How does this Miro look on my metawall? By David Alexandre Alejandro González Vega Fashion and art have always been deeply entangled. Many famous fashion houses have looked for inspiration for their collections in the...
16 May, 2023 How accessible and inclusive is your retail online presence? Are you creating an inclusive and accessible shopping experience with technology By Chloe Forster Linzi Penman Laura Maclennan Lisa Hodgson Isla Neil +2 more... Show less Retailers know their physical premises need to be accessible to all customers; but technology like the metaverse has revolutionised the...
16 May, 2023 Metaverse advertising – applying old rules to a brave new world- launching the first metaverse fashion week and advertising rules By John Wilks Hannah Potter PARIS, NEW YORK, MILAN... AND DECENTRALAND? 2022 saw the launch of the first metaverse Fashion Week, providing an excellent example of...
16 May, 2023 The end of returns for fashion brands? Virtually identical: Legal considerations for digital twins in the metaverse By Kurt Davies Gareth Stokes Returns are the bane of brands’ ecommerce offerings. An exciting prospect the metaverse offers is the possibility of customers having a...