While several European initiatives aim to improve the safety of products sold online and some question whether e-commerce is safe, […]

Mathilde Adjutor · May 12, 2022

The European Commission has proposed specific obligations for online marketplaces in its new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). EU lawmakers […]

Mathilde Adjutor · April 12, 2022

A recent Axios article titled “Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions” repeats claims by industry groups like the Retail Industry Leaders Association […]

Trevor Wagener · February 14, 2022

Fountain pens pose little danger to consumers compared to say children’s toys. But the European Union looks set to impose […]

Mathilde Adjutor · February 10, 2022

Continuing a trend from last year, large retail companies are once again pushing a proposal to increase regulations on their […]

Matt Schruers · March 24, 2021

Earlier this year, DisCo covered the large rise in digital commerce due to many businesses’ actions in response to the […]

Ethan Wham · December 14, 2020

As the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) prepares to publish an antitrust report following a lengthy span of hearings on tech […]

Matt Schruers · September 10, 2020

Market growth for digital technologies in key Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) markets is “changing traditional services and manufacturing sectors by making […]

Rachael Stelly · May 8, 2020

Updated to reflect new information 04.09.2020 Due to the Coronavirus, multiple aspects of society are in flux. DisCo has recently […]

Ethan Wham · April 2, 2020

Between long-running (but sensationalist) anxieties about the “retail apocalypse” and a recent Frontline profile of Amazon, one might have the […]

Project Disco · February 20, 2020