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05 Sep

The US government may be preparing to investigate internet retail giants like Shein and Temu

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Online retailers like Temu and Shein are known for selling cheap products like baby clothes, kitchen gadgets and electronics. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to know the true costs that foreign online retailers are cutting to sell these products at lower prices.CPSC commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak released a joint statement today calling for their staff to evaluate the operations of foreign e-commerce sites. The statement cites Shein and Temu as two online retail companies that “raise specific concerns.”Recent news reports of “deadly baby and toddlers products” being sold on these platforms started to raise red flags…

31 Jul

CPSC says Amazon is responsible for hazardous items from third-party sellers

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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has that Amazon is responsible for hazardous or defective products sold by third-party retailers through its platform. The CPSC unanimously decided that more than 400,000 products sold through the Fulfilled by Amazon program represent a "substantial product hazard," and that the tech giant is legally responsible for their recall. It also said that Amazon failed to properly notify buyers about the faulty products and did not encourage buyers to return or destroy those items.Today's decision is several years in the making, with the CPSC suing Amazon in July 2021. This investigation centered on carbon…