Retail LAB
Join us at our London office for a focused morning session designed to help you stay ahead of the latest regulatory and legal market developments affecting retailers, e commerce platforms and brands.
We’ll be joined by a guest speaker from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to unpack current and future enforcement priorities under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA), with a spotlight on retail and consumer businesses.
Expect:
• clear, practical compliance takeaways
• examples of higher risk practices and common pitfalls the CMA is seeing
• an interactive Q&A where you can put your questions directly to the CMA
You’ll also hear from OC retail focused lawyers on a range of topics - the full agenda can be found below.
Agenda:
| 8:30 | Registration and networking breakfast |
| Welcome and introduction | |
Lookalike Products: What Next for Brand Owners? With recent UK case law hinting at a tougher stance on lookalikes, can brand owners now act more effectively and what does that mean for retailers’ brand protection strategies? | |
Employment Rights Act With significant employment law reforms now been implemented, we will discuss what employers must do now to prepare for the 2026/2027 reforms and, in particular, highlight the key changes impacting employers in the retail and consumer sector. | |
Product Law The recent consultations provide insight into how the UK General Product Safety Regime is due to change. This is likely to be one of the most fundamental changes to UK product law in the last 20 years and will have significant implications for all retail businesses and particularly online marketplaces. There is also likely to be a change to enforcement, with a shift to product regulators having similar powers to the CMA. In this session we will bring you up to speed with the proposed changes and compare the proposed UK rules with the EU's general product safety regime. | |
| Coffee break | |
| CMA Guest speaker | |
Payments Common payments regulatory issues facing retailers including platform and marketplace business models, strong customer authentication and subscription payments and upcoming changes to the buy now pay later regime. | |
| 12:30 | Closing remarks |
We hope to see you there!
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