by Christo Volschenk | Dec 11, 2017 | Marketplaces
At least in the U.S., luxury brand Louis Vuitton has no plan to keep its products away from Facebook. Payments news site Paypers.com reported (here), that Louis Vuitton, a brand of global luxury-goods firm LVMH, launched a “virtual advisor” (chatbot) on...
by Christo Volschenk | Dec 6, 2017 | Marketplaces
The European Court of Justice ruled owners of luxury brands may decide on which sites their brands are sold – and on which not. They have a right to preserve and protect the luxury images of their brands, and may, therefore, keep their brands off sites which, in...
by Christo Volschenk | Nov 24, 2017 | People on the Move
OLX Group appointed Chris Sherwood (photo) as head of policy earlier this month, which is a new function and new position in the group. He is based in Brussels, Belgium. Sherwood is responsible for relations with governments, monitoring of public policy around the...
by Christo Volschenk | Nov 22, 2017 | Recruitment
In Germany, a court ruled in favor of a private owner / operator of a weather app, who objected to a state weather institution (funded with tax money) running a weather app with similar functions. The private sector operator charges users for his service, while the...
by Christo Volschenk | Oct 18, 2017 | Financials / Deals
EBay Inc. reported strong revenue growth for its classifieds subsidiary in Q3 of FY2017 from Q3 of FY2016 – strong enough to pull revenue growth of classifieds into double figures in the first nine months of FY2017 from the first nine months in FY2016. This content is...
