Daily LInks
1. Temu likely to face tougher online content rules as EU users soar. Under the European Union’s Digital Services Act, companies with more than 45M users are labelled very large online platforms and are required to do more to fight illegal and harmful content as well as counterfeit products on their platforms. – Read More on Reuters
2. RELATED READ: Digital Services Act Could Prompt Penalties of 6% of Brands’ Annual Revenue. The Digital Services Act will counter the sale of illegal products and services on online marketplaces and aims to combat illegal and harmful content on online platforms, such as social media. – Read More on TFL
3. How a Supply Chain Startup Is Making Recycling in the Apparel Industry Scalable. “We’ve diverted more than two million textiles from landfills to date. We’ve barely scratched the surface of what this could be.” – Read More on Inc.
4. LVMH Sales Growth Slows Along With Demand for Handbags. Organic revenue at the luxury group’s fashion and leather goods unit (its biggest division) rose 2% in the first quarter, Paris-based LVMH said. That compares with 18% growth a year earlier at the unit. – Read More on Bloomberg
5. Timberland loses US court bid to trademark boot-design features. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision that features of the boots including its sole color, eyelets and stitching were not distinctive enough to identify the boots as Timberland products. – Read More on Reuters
