The Competition Bureau wants to make sure that mattress buyers get a good night’s sleep knowing that they actually saved money instead of receiving a fake discount. In its latest application filed with the Competition Tribunal, the Bureau alleges that Hudson’s Bay Company misleads consumers through a “high-low” pricing strategy, whereby it grossly inflates the regular prices of its mattress sets, only to advertise deep discounts off these regular prices. The Bureau’s application invokes the Competition Act’s “ordinary selling price” provisions, which require retailers who advertise a discount from a regular price to have sold a substantial volume of the article at the regular (or ... [more] Full article
Amazon.com.ca Inc. has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty, plus $100,000 in costs, to settle allegations by the Competition Bureau that its practice of advertising savings from a list ... [more] Full article
Moose Knuckles has agreed to clarify that some of its parkas are made with both Canadian and imported components, in accordance with the Bureau’s “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” ... [more] Full article
The Competition Bureau has levied more than $4.5 million in administrative penalties for misleading advertising since launching the first volume of its bulletin on deceptive marketing practices last June. [more] Full article
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