The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently wrote a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) asking it to add Amazon’s France and India sites to a list of “Notorious Markets” known for counterfeiting goods, according to CNBC. AAFA, a clothing trade group representing...
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) continues its bumpy ride on the New York Stock Exchange. BABA opened at $96.54 on Thursday morning (Jan. 19) trading, up from Wednesday’s close but down overall from Friday of last week’s (Jan. 13) noon high of $97.38. BABA...
This edition of the Alibaba Tracker begins with the news that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has placed Taobao, Alibaba’s online marketplace, on its annual Notorious Markets blacklist. In the report, the USTR wrote: “The Taobao.com eCommerce platform is an important concern...
April 29, 2020
In the “Notorious Markets” report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on marketplaces known for issues with privacy and illegitimate goods, multiple international websites of Amazon.com were named. The office pointed out claims of counterfeit merchandise sold on the eCommerce retailer’s sites in the United Kingdom, Canada, India, France and Germany, Reuters reported. Amazon […]
October 01, 2019
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently wrote a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) asking it to add Amazon’s France and India sites to a list of...
