From Self-Care to Smart Backpacks: This is the fourth post in a five-part series where we’ll highlight product categories with global demand and the regulations and challenges to keep top of mind. For the first time in human history, half the world’s population is middle-class or wealthier, with both the time and money to indulge in hobbies, sports and other leisure activities. [...]
From Self-Care to Smart Backpacks: This is the third post in a five-part series where we’ll highlight product categories with global demand and the regulations and challenges to keep top of mind. When consumers start browsing online, it’s often clothing that inspires them to hit “purchase.” Between 2018 and 2023, revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate of just over [...]
From Self-Care to Smart Backpacks: This is the second post in a five-part series where we’ll highlight product categories with global demand and the regulations and challenges to keep top of mind. Twenty-first century consumers are glued to their gadgets, which has both spurred the growth of e-commerce in general and the online purchasing of electronics and appliances. The global consumer electronics [...]
From Self-Care to Smart Backpacks: This is the first post in a five-part series where we’ll highlight product categories with global demand and the regulations and challenges to keep top of mind. According to the World Health Organization, “health is a state of complete mental, physical and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” In recent years, the [...]
If there is one word to describe the current status of Brexit, it’s “uncertainty.” The original date for the departure of the U.K. from the European Union (EU) was March 29, 2019. But now, even that date is in flux. To buy more time to orchestrate its departure from the EU, the U.K. has agreed to a 21-month transition period to [...]
The rise of cross border e-commerce offers exciting new opportunities for brands and retailers expanding into new markets. However, it is also placing unprecedented pressure on global customs operations. Cross border e-commerce makes it easier than ever for smaller businesses with limited understanding of international regulations to sell to customers in new global markets. World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio [...]
May 25th, 2018 marked the day the European Union’s newest data privacy law — the General Data Protection Regulation — went into effect. GDPR sets a new bar for privacy as the most comprehensive law in the world. Every company that collects and handles European customers’ personal data will be impacted. Retailers and brands planning to sell to European customers (in [...]
