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Category Archives: Sectors – Retail
Trade-marks: Guest Post: Proposed Changes to Canada’s Trademark Laws
Guest post by Andrei Mincov (Trademark Factory – reprinted with permission) As many of you know, the Federal Government recently introduced Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014, No. 1. Among the changes to almost 40 different pieces of legislation, it introduces many significant and … Read the rest of this entry »
Recent Facebook Changes to Crack Down on “Feed Spam”
Facebook recently announced some new changes to combat News Feed spam (see: News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam). In making the announcement, Facebook said: “The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time … Read the rest of this entry »
Social Media Contests: New Podcast: “Is Your Social Media Contest Breaking the Law?”
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
Contests: Pinterest’s Tougher Contest Guidelines
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
Top 10 Canadian Contest (Sweepstake) Law Questions – Part II
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
New Canadian Contest Rules and Forms Available – Canadian Trip Contests
Contests continue to be a popular and engaging marketing tool for brands in many industries. Readers of this blog will know that I follow contest and sweepstakes issues and work on a lot of Canadian and North American contests and other promotions. Based on a … Read the rest of this entry »
Beware “Buy Now, Pay Later Ads”
By Daniel Workman (reprinted with permission from CreditCards.com). Many consumers are enticed when they see advertisements touting “Pay absolutely nothing upfront” or “Don’t pay a cent for 18 months” deals. These deferred payment options are a form of financing where consumers often get tagged with … Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook Loosens Up Promotions Rules for Contests Run on Facebook
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
