The head of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the agency will crack down in several ecommerce-related areas, including marketplaces’ responsibilities to issue recalls for sales by third-party sellers; and inspections of direct-to-consumer imports from China currently exempted Read more
Etsy reminded sellers last month that they are ultimately responsible for the safety and compliance of their products, and it provided information and resources to help sellers comply with legal requirements. Etsy focused on product safety requirements for art materials Read more
A federal agency sued Amazon to force the recall of hazardous products sold on its platform. The administrative complaint is about protecting American consumers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (See update to this story below.) “Today’s Read more
A U.S. government agency is collaborating with China-based Alibaba to block the sale of banned or recalled goods to U.S. buyers on its online marketplace platforms. Alibaba Group had more than 300 million annual active buyers in 2014, and many Read more
