August 31, 2023
KnitWell Group Brings Together Ann Taylor, Loft and Talbots
Three brands in the specialty apparel retail industry have been brought together in the KnitWell Group, a new holding company formed by private equity firm Sycamore Partners. With three apparel brands under its...
August 31, 2023
Tackling AI With AI May Not Be Ideal. Not Yet,...
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) grows by leaps and bounds, countermeasures to keep tabs on artificially generated content are emerging. The challenge for companies developing these solutions is not only...
August 31, 2023
CPI Talks… with California Attorney General Rob Bonta
In this month’s edition of CPI Talks we have the pleasure of speaking with California Attorney General, Mr. Rob Bonta. Thank you, Mr. Bonta, for sharing your time for this...
August 31, 2023
A Force to Be Reckoned With: Developments in the Multistate...
Over the past few decades, State Attorney General Practice has been a growth industry. Throughout the ebbs and flows of presidential administrations, the states have steadily built a nationwide practice...
August 31, 2023
Nibblers Beware: Antitrust on Site
The DOJ and FTC have shown renewed interest in probing the potential anticompetitive effects of a series of acquisitions by an individual company. Once a focus of judicial attention, as...
August 31, 2023
Caretakers of Competition’s Fairness Keystone
In competitive markets, history shows profits are not guaranteed for products that provide value to society. Yet, the mere possibility of obtaining profits from such products is sufficient to incentivize...
August 31, 2023
Amazon Offers ‘Buy With Prime’ Logistics to Shopify Merchants
Amazon and Shopify have announced a new partnership that will allow merchants who pay for Shopify’s eCommerce tools to use Amazon’s logistics network. This means that Shopify merchants in the...
August 31, 2023
Patagonia’s Merchandise Pivot Sparks Search for Sustainable Swag Solutions
When Patagonia exited the business of creating company swag, it was almost as if it was the end of an era of the unofficial uniform for finance bros everywhere. However, despite Patagonia’s...
August 30, 2023
Why Apple and Amazon Are Using AI Models, Not Selling...
Who is winning Big Tech’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) war? While some of the world’s largest companies, including Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Meta and many more are drawing up their battle lines against not just each other...