/retail?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Retail & E-Commerce Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:09:20 +0000 /retail/articles/2411566?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411566 The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it will require Valvoline Inc. and Greenbriar Equity Group LP to divest 45 quick oil change shops to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding the automotive services company's planned acquisition of Breeze Autocare from the private equity firm for $625 million. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:43:24 +0000 /retail/articles/2411497?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411497 A California federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing home improvement retailer Lowe's of illegally sharing website visitors' personal data with TikTok and Microsoft, finding that while the plaintiffs had adequately laid out their wiretap claim, they failed to allege the type of concrete injury necessary to sustain their suit. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:42:39 +0000 /retail/articles/2411582?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411582 The state of New York on Friday urged a Brooklyn federal judge to reject Amazon's bid to block a law allowing the Empire State's labor board to adjudicate private sector unionization matters and labor-management disputes, a statute that the online retailer says is flatly unconstitutional.  Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:34:29 +0000 /retail/articles/2411551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411551 The Campbell's Co. on Friday resolved its trademark fight in federal court with a Michigan congressional candidate for using its iconic can design in her campaign, with the defendant agreeing to stop producing, distributing or using any of Campbell's marks and trade dress in connection with any campaign, fundraising and promotional materials. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:41:20 +0000 /retail/articles/2410442?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410442 Green Thumb has urged an Illinois state court to permanently end a proposed class action accusing the cannabis giant and its subsidiaries of mislabeling their products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, arguing that what the plaintiff-consumers have described is a mistake in law, which is not fraud. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:37:05 +0000 /retail/articles/2411289?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411289 The Federal Circuit on Friday ordered a new trial to determine whether Inventist Inc. should receive lost profits after a jury determined Ninebot Inc. infringed its unicycle patent, saying key information was left out that could have impacted the jury's $800,000 award. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:33:19 +0000 /retail/articles/2411489?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411489 Amazon.com Services LLC is fighting calls for sanctions in a proposed class action accusing it of failing to follow federal labeling laws for dietary supplements, saying it shouldn't be penalized for allegedly failing to preserve online product pages for the supplements. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:00:25 +0000 /retail/articles/2410962?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410962 Apple users want the Ninth Circuit to restore the certification of their antitrust class accusing the technology giant of trapping them within the App Store, arguing a California federal judge improperly front-loaded the identification of individual members, when all that matters is that "nearly 200 million" users were harmed. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:49:23 +0000 /retail/articles/2410367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410367 An entrepreneur who distributes hemp to retailers in St. Louis and Chicago claims in Illinois federal court he is being hassled by local law enforcement, who have unlawfully confiscated much of his Delta-8 inventory and put his business "at risk of collapse," in turn endangering his family's sole source of income. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:40:53 +0000 /retail/articles/2411424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411424 An Omani screw manufacturer has launched a legal malpractice suit in Washington state court accusing Perkins Coie LLP of a "series of deadly mistakes" while representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, allegedly leading to steep penalties and tariffs that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:28:54 +0000 /retail/articles/2411036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411036 Grocery chain Safeway beat a proposed class action alleging that it hawks bogus, limited-time discounts on wine for its rewards members, after a California federal judge said Thursday that the members don't specifically allege how Safeway's representations were false or misleading, since higher, nonmember prices are unquestionably real prices charged to nonmembers.  Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:23:26 +0000 /retail/articles/2411356?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411356 The Federal Circuit agreed to have its merit panel review a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision that ruled in favor of baseball star Aaron Judge by prohibiting a Long Island man from registering a trademark for several judicial-themed slogans. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:18:00 +0000 /retail/articles/2411253?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411253 Two gaming machine companies, a convenience store owner, and a convicted murderer have been hit with a $15.3 million verdict in a lawsuit filed by the family of a Pennsylvania store clerk who was fatally shot during a 2020 robbery alleged to have been prompted by the presence of skill games on the premises. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:03:21 +0000 /retail/articles/2411323?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411323 The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed an order granting attorney fees to a grocery store operator that defeated a camera maker's patent infringement claims, saying the Tennessee federal judge who issued the order had not clearly erred in finding the camera maker had a pattern of frivolous lawsuits. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:50:33 +0000 /retail/articles/2411369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411369 A Colorado-based baby clothing company told a federal court Friday that Target infringed its registered copyright on several infant sleepwear products, which the company says comes after the retail giant had already been told to pay it $1.2 million in another copyright lawsuit. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:38:19 +0000 /retail/articles/2410430?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410430 Enabling artificial intelligence agents to handle not just research and recommendations, but the execution of purchases themselves, fundamentally alters commercial relationships and introduces new practical and legal questions for card issuers, merchants, acquirers and consumers, say attorneys at Davis Wright. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:18:55 +0000 /retail/articles/2411193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411193 A proposed class of consumers is suing ByHeart Inc., alleging that the company failed to warn buyers that its baby formula is contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause rare but potentially fatal infant botulism. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:12:06 +0000 /retail/articles/2410958?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410958 PetSmart agreed to pay the state of Colorado $225,000 to end a suit accusing it of tricking dog groomers into contracts with training repayment agreement provisions that forced them to pay up to $5,500 if they left the company before working there for two years, the state's attorney general said. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:04:47 +0000 /retail/articles/2411167?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2411167 This past week in London has seen Freeths face a professional negligence claim from a Scottish car dealership, Rolls-Royce sue logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, and a team of Oberon Investments Group investment managers sued by their former employer.   Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:57:16 +0000 /retail/articles/2410963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /retail/articles/2410963 Indian snack food maker Haldiram's won a federal court order temporarily banning a food supplier in Washington state from importing or distributing its branded products over claims that the supplier repackaged and sold food not meant for sale in the U.S.