Blog Posts: Retail Law Advisor
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Why is Omnichannel Retail so Hard?
The retail industry has been evolving rapidly to keep up with new technology and consumer patterns. While the chief concern previously was about how traditional retailers could prevent the loss of market share to online retailers, now all retailers compete on all fronts in an omnichannel setting. In brief, omnichannel...
Leveling the Playing Field: Mobile Location Analytics
As brick-and-mortar retailers face increasing challenges to compete with their online counterparts, a new tool is helping to level the playing field: mobile location analytics. Traditionally, online retailers have had an advantage over brick-and-mortar stores from the voluminous data that could be gathered while customers perused the retailer’s website...
Uber Drivers: Employees or Independent Contractors?
Since its founding in 2009, Uber has gained both praise and notoriety for shaking up the taxi industry by allowing individuals who meet minimum requirements to provide an on-demand car service via the Uber mobile app. In December 2014, there were 162,037 active Uber drivers in the United States...
Does Your Website or Mobile App Discriminate?
Are you confident that your business complies with federal anti-discrimination laws? If you offer goods or services to the public through the Internet, the answer may not be as simple as you think. Increasingly, lawsuits are targeting retailers and other service providers that have an online presence, claiming that...
From the Suburbs to the City: How Grocery Retailers are Filling the Urban Grocery Gap
As residential high-rises pop up all over the city of Boston, big-name grocery retailers are sprouting nearby to meet the increased demand. The most recent example is the opening of a Roche Bros. supermarket in Downtown Crossing in late April of this year. Occupying part of the old Filene’s...
INTA 2015 Annual Meeting Recap
Last week, members of Goulston & Storrs joined over 9,900 attendees from around the world who converged on San Diego for the 2015 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA). This 137th meeting of INTA was its largest ever and assembled a remarkably diverse group of brand owners...
Blowdryers and Flatirons: The Real Estate Market Heats Up with Salon Suites
For years the price of entry for solo entrepreneurs in the health and beauty category was high. With similar fixed startup costs as any professional practice would have, such as real estate, insurance, supplies, but with much slimmer profit margins, stylists and aestheticians were often relegated to renting chairs...
Lift Off for Commercial Drone Regulations
Drones are everywhere. Technological innovations have created countless commercial opportunities for drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Until recently, however, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) prohibitions on drone commercialization have contrasted starkly with the soaring growth of drone-based businesses in Europe, Asia, and other parts of North...
Apple Pay and Google Wallet: Mobile Payment Going Mainstream
When Apple announced on September 9, 2014 that the iPhone 6 would be equipped with a mobile payment system appropriately called Apple Pay, the entire mobile payment universe woke up. Although competitors had existed for years, none had gained considerable traction. In fact, within a month of releasing Apple...
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