Amazon pays $1.1 m to settle savings claim probe
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 price contravened the Competition Act’s ordinary selling price and misleading email provisions. The ordinary selling price provisions require that for a retailer to advertise a ordinary selling price for a product, either a substantial volume of the product must have been sold at that price (or higher), or the product must have been offered for sale at that price for a substantial period of time. On its website and in emails, ... [more] Full article
Bureau Zips-Up Parka Labeling Issue
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
Fine Print Feuds: Competition Bureau Cracks Down on Misleading Ads
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
Not Fully Unlimited Calling and Internet: Comwave Networks agrees to pay $300,000 for making false or misleading representations
Telephone and Internet provider Comwave Networks Inc. of Toronto has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of $300,000 for false or misleading representations. Acting under the civil deceptive marketing practices provisions of ... [more] Full article
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