Lakeland Nurseries Sales Corp.

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IN THE MATTER OF LAKELAND NURSERIES SALES CORP. trading as LAKE LAND URSERIES SALES ET AL.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 8670. Complaint, J.Vov. 1965-Decision, May, 1966 Order dismissing a complaint against a New York City distributor of nursery products charging that it misrepresented the blooming charac- Syllabus 69 F. T.

in fact, competes in the resale and distribution of respondent' products with the purchaser paying the higher prices. It is h,rther ordered That, in addition to and apart from the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if respondent at any time after the effective date of this order institutes a price schedule whereby it charges a different price .for its products to any person, group or class of its competing customers on the basis or in the belief that such difference in price is justified by savings to the respondent in the cost of manufacture, sale or delivery to the members of such customer group or class, respondent shall (a) promptly notify the Federal Trade Commission of the institution of such price schedules and submit to the Commission a written statement with necessary underlying data in support of the cost justification of such price discrimination; and (b) adequately and regularly publicize to all customers that prices to some are higher than to others, together with reasons and details of the price differences or discounts. It is further ordered That the hearing examiner s initial decision, as above modified and as modified by the accompanying opinion be, and it hereby is, adopted as the decision of the Commission.

It is further ordel' That respondent Wiliam H. Rorer, Inc. shall within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order file with the Commission a report, in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which it has complied with the order to cease and desist.