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No More Hoverboards On Amazon
Retail // February 25, 2016

The most recent setback to hoverboard retail may be its biggest one yet. It wasn’t that more of the futuristic devices exploded; rather, it’s the fact that Amazon — as CNET reports — has announced it will stop selling them. The outlet shares that the eCommerce giant...

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Amazon Could be Held Responsible for Third-Party Products

February 01, 2024
Amazon could soon be responsible for third-party products on its website. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Feb. 1), citing sources familiar with the matter, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is at work on an order that could classify Amazon’s online retail operations as a distributor of goods. Such a designation, the report said, could […]

No More Hoverboards On Amazon

February 25, 2016
The most recent setback to hoverboard retail may be its biggest one yet. It wasn’t that more of the futuristic devices exploded; rather, it’s the fact that Amazon — as CNET...