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Amazon, the US e-commerce and cloud computing giant is said to hire 1,000 people in Poland. The company already hires almost 5,000 people in Poland and has service centers in Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan ON 14 April 2016. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Webinar Helps Businesses Avoid Losses from Unauthorized Third-Party Sellers on Amazon.com

Meridian Idaho – Tuesday, March 6, 2018 – Leading Brand Protection and Channel Compliance consulting firm David G Howell & Associates is hosting an educational webinar with Amazon Expert, Tall Ridge…

Marketplace Seller Investigation

Uncovering the Unknown – The Virtual Deficiency Check In the last year, more and more of the brands I consult with started to noticed a surge in products that are…

Three Pillars of Brand Protection

How to have a True Successful Global Online Brand Protection & Channel Compliance Strategy! Over the last few years, I have been tactfully but aggressively speaking to “Brand Protection Basics”…

Replacing Frustration with Success – How to Truly Cleanup Online Marketplace Sale Channels.

This article was co-authored with Whitney Gibson, a Partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. Lately, I have received many questions and some curiously raised eyebrows regarding my decision…

First Sale Doctrine – Is the Argument Now a MYTH?

Here at Howell & Associates, we deal with many manufacturers that have authorized and unauthorized selling of our client’s products. This causes a lot of confusion thanks to the first…

7 Tips How to Write an Online Reseller Agreement Policy

Online reseller agreements are a way of preventing unauthorized sellers from selling your products on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. These agreements are between the original manufacturers of a…

Webinar Replay: Restricting Amazon Sellers | The Only True Long-term Successful Marketplace Sales Strategy

Take Control. Restrict, Protect and Grow! Whether a manufacturer brand wants its products to be offered on Amazon or not, their products will most likely end up being listed on…