By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed a new plan for regulating off-highway vehicle (OHV) access to the Cape Lookout National Seashore—a 56-mile long section of the Southern Outer Banks in North Carolina. The NPS is responding to requirements to manage motorized recreation while protecting wildlife and endangered species. The NPS proposal relies on designated routes and establishes a permit system capped at 5,500 annual permits. After a one-year grace period, only non-sport ATVs and UTVs would be permitted access, with a 25 mph speed limit. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed a new plan for regulating off-highway vehicle (OHV) access to the Cape Lookout National Seashore—a 56-mile long section of the Southern Outer Banks in North Carolina. The NPS is responding to requirements to manage motorized recreation while protecting wildlife and endangered species. The NPS proposal relies on designated routes and establishes a permit system capped at 5,500 annual permits. After a one-year grace period, only non-sport ATVs and UTVs would be permitted access, with a 25 mph speed limit. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed a new plan for regulating off-highway vehicle (OHV) access to the Cape Lookout National Seashore—a 56-mile long section of the Southern Outer Banks in North Carolina. The NPS is responding to requirements to manage motorized recreation while protecting wildlife and endangered species. The NPS proposal relies on designated routes and establishes a permit system capped at 5,500 annual permits. After a one-year grace period, only non-sport ATVs and UTVs would be permitted access, with a 25 mph speed limit. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

As a result of its 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a warning to Alibaba requiring the global e-commerce company take steps to address counterfeiting or face relisting on the Notorious Markets List. The agency indicated that complaints from industry stakeholders prompted a detailed discussion on how Alibaba has fallen short in its measures to address the issues plaguing its online shopping platform, Taobao. Specifically, the USTR recommended Taobao’s takedown processes and procedures be simplified, quicker and made generally available. 

Elsewhere in the report, the USTR highlights the dangers associated with the sale of counterfeit consumer products, including car parts, which could “endanger consumer health and safety as many counterfeits are made inexpensively with substandard or hazardous materials.” 

The full report on the 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets is available on the USTR website. 

For more information, please contact Ashley Ailsworth at ashleya@sema.org. 

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

As a result of its 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a warning to Alibaba requiring the global e-commerce company take steps to address counterfeiting or face relisting on the Notorious Markets List. The agency indicated that complaints from industry stakeholders prompted a detailed discussion on how Alibaba has fallen short in its measures to address the issues plaguing its online shopping platform, Taobao. Specifically, the USTR recommended Taobao’s takedown processes and procedures be simplified, quicker and made generally available. 

Elsewhere in the report, the USTR highlights the dangers associated with the sale of counterfeit consumer products, including car parts, which could “endanger consumer health and safety as many counterfeits are made inexpensively with substandard or hazardous materials.” 

The full report on the 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets is available on the USTR website. 

For more information, please contact Ashley Ailsworth at ashleya@sema.org. 

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

As a result of its 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a warning to Alibaba requiring the global e-commerce company take steps to address counterfeiting or face relisting on the Notorious Markets List. The agency indicated that complaints from industry stakeholders prompted a detailed discussion on how Alibaba has fallen short in its measures to address the issues plaguing its online shopping platform, Taobao. Specifically, the USTR recommended Taobao’s takedown processes and procedures be simplified, quicker and made generally available. 

Elsewhere in the report, the USTR highlights the dangers associated with the sale of counterfeit consumer products, including car parts, which could “endanger consumer health and safety as many counterfeits are made inexpensively with substandard or hazardous materials.” 

The full report on the 2015 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets is available on the USTR website. 

For more information, please contact Ashley Ailsworth at ashleya@sema.org. 

Marketers looking to manage all of their social-media campaigns from a single dashboard have some good news from Forrester (www.forrester.com): The market-research firm did all the legwork for you. Essentially, Forrester kicked the tires on all of the major social-media dashboards currently on the market and came up with a short list of those worth looking at.

Marketers looking to manage all of their social-media campaigns from a single dashboard have some good news from Forrester (www.forrester.com): The market-research firm did all the legwork for you. Essentially, Forrester kicked the tires on all of the major social-media dashboards currently on the market and came up with a short list of those worth looking at.

Marketers looking for a reliable, state-of-the-art e-mail marketing solution have a ready resource: Capterra’s (www.capterra.com) 2015 list of the top five solutions on the market. Capterra specializes in advising businesses on the best software to buy. Heading the pack for e-mail marketing solutions is MailChimp, one of the pioneers in the industry, followed by Constant Contact, Vertical Response, Campaign Monitor and Get Response.

Marketers looking for a reliable, state-of-the-art e-mail marketing solution have a ready resource: Capterra’s (www.capterra.com) 2015 list of the top five solutions on the market. Capterra specializes in advising businesses on the best software to buy. Heading the pack for e-mail marketing solutions is MailChimp, one of the pioneers in the industry, followed by Constant Contact, Vertical Response, Campaign Monitor and Get Response.