April 21, 2021
ISC Reaffirms Support of the Shop Safe Act of 2020
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2020 was $160.3 billion, an increase of 2.4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2019. The first quarter 2020 e-commerce estimate increased 14.8 percent from the first quarter of 2019 while total retail sales increased 2.1 percent in the same period. E-commerce sales in the first quarter of 2020 accounted for 11.8 percent of total sales. According to data from Adobe's digital economic index e-commerce jumped 49% in April, compared to the baseline period in early March before shelter-in-place restrictions went into effect. With the effect of the corona virus E-commerce will continue to grow even more rapidly and is likely to change purchasing behavior permanently. Therefore, it will become increasingly important to ensure that consumers have a safe E-commerce marketplace.
While some E-commerce market places have done much to eliminate IPR infringing and dangerous products from their platforms much more can and should be done. The Imaging Supplies Coalition supports the passage of the Shop Safe Act of 2020 which will greatly assist with the needed improvements.
Click here to review a summary of the bill and its status in Congress.
