In an effort to compete with Amazon, Walmart.com has significantly increased its product selection by offering items from third-party sellers. While third-party offerings provide consumers with more options, online shoppers may want to proceed with caution. Launched in 2009, Walmart’s Marketplace allowed select retailers to list their products on Walmart.com. Recent partnerships have ballooned Walmart.com’s product… Continue reading Attention Walmart.com Shoppers: Now Offering Counterfeits
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Prime Issues: Keeping Counterfeits Off Amazon
Much has changed since Amazon.com opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995. Today, the world’s largest online retailer offers 500 million products sold by 2 million sellers; many of which are third-party vendors. In fact, 50 percent of units purchased last year were sold by third-party sellers. While many third-party… Continue reading Prime Issues: Keeping Counterfeits Off Amazon
Why Counterfeiters Love the Internet
On a daily basis, billions of people use the internet to buy and sell goods and services. The booming online economy has created an ideal environment for counterfeiters, whose trade has burgeoned. The internet has revolutionized the way counterfeiters operate and remains a highly lucrative and sophisticated criminal environment. Counterfeiters are no longer sequestered to… Continue reading Why Counterfeiters Love the Internet
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