11/6/2024 2:02:11 PM New Amendments to Price Marking Order 2004: What You Need to Know By Peter Hopton On 21 October 2024, significant changes to the Price Marking Order 2004 (PMO) were made by enacting the Price Marking (Amendment) Order...
10/23/2024 2:58:13 PM Legal Update: EU Modernises Product Liability Rules for the Digital Age By Peter Hopton On October 10, 2024, the European Union (EU) updated its product liability framework with the new Product Liability Directive (2022/0302...
12/14/2023 10:50:04 AM It's beginning to look a lot like… a comparative advertising issue By Jon Sharples Who has been your favourite character in a Christmas advert this year? Lidl's kind-hearted racoon? John Lewis's Little Shop of...
4/14/2023 1:18:43 PM Lovehoney's gag deemed irresponsible by the ASA By Layla Dribble The ASA recently (partly) upheld a complaint in relation to Lovehoney's advertisement for a sex toy, highlighting the need to tread...
6/12/2019 12:00:00 AM Reproduction of logos - copying or independent creation? By Howard Kennedy In a recent UK court case, a UK bicycle designer and manufacturer, ATB Sales, (ATB) successfully relied on its copyright in its stag's...
3/28/2019 12:00:00 AM Lego shows how family businesses effectively manage succession By Gillian White All businesses need to prepare for succession. The continued health and growth of a business can be impacted if staff, customer and...
10/26/2018 12:00:00 AM Retailers and their landlords - a relationship worth working on! By Howard Kennedy With so much discussion about the struggles of retail there has been a variety of suggestions regarding ways to improve the longevity of...
1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM The luxury of online retail. By Howard Kennedy It was Coco Chanel who once stated, “I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity". The...
2/15/2017 5:36:43 PM The nineties really are back! Behold the return of Nokia 3310... and some Guns and Roses... By Howard Kennedy The favoured phone by those old enough to remember is having a re-launch and I'm getting all teary eyed. Who remembers dropping theirs...
10/19/2016 2:32:59 PM A slice of the good life... By Howard Kennedy Does the thought of having a little artisan bakery near your home fill you with delight? What better way to start a Sunday than with an...
6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM I shop therefore I Amazon By Howard Kennedy Amazon announces that it is to deliver fresh food as part of its offer to customers. It seems this brand can do no wrong with the...
6/6/2016 12:17:08 PM Thank you for (stopping) the music. By Howard Kennedy Marks and Spencer turns off its in-store music after conducting extensive client feedback research about what it's customers want. A...