Your NPA Team GRC has learned this morning that the House Financial Services Committee Markup on December 10, 2019, will NOT include H.R. 5050.

Retail Dive
According to a report from the digital brand protection software firm Incopro, 26% of American consumers have accidentally bought at least one counterfeit product in the past year, and 52% of U.S. consumers have lost trust in a brand after buying a fake good online.

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The Diamond Producers Association has released three videos on Funny or Die to promote natural diamonds—and slam its lab-grown competitors.

Surveillance video from inside a pawn shop shows a store employee saving a child from what could have been a dangerous tumble.

Tobey's Pawn Shop has seen an increase in gun sales at its stores, as some gun owners are concerned that gun rights will be restricted during next year's Virginia General Assembly session.

Located at 6 East 57th Street in New York, the shop will feature the freshly-launched Tiffany Men's collection including barware, home goods, accessories, and games, as well as appropriately blue luxury offerings like custom Spalding basketballs.

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Grading labs could adopt the tagging technology for their reports, while retailers might want to tap into the traceability application to provide further assurances for their product.