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Fred Meyer, Inc., et al.

Volume 73 · 73 F.T.C. 1026

Citation
73 F.T.C. 1026
Docket
7492
Decision
1968-06-13
Document type
modifying order
Case type
antitrust
Statutes
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act
Industry
supermarket chain
Outcome
modified
Relief
cease_and_desist; affirmative_disclosure; recordkeeping; compliance_reporting
Source
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price discrimination

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Fred Meyer, Inc., et al., 73 F.T.C. 1026 (1968). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v073-0070

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IN THE ~IATTER OF FRED ~feyer, INC., ET AL.

MODIFIED ORDER, ETC., IX REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. :2 (f) OF THE CLAYTON ACT AXD THE FEDERAL TRADE COl\DIISSIOX ACT Docket 7492. Co-Jllpla,int, May 1959-Decislon, June 13, 1968 Order modifying an order dated July 9, 1963, 63 F. O. 1, pursuant to an opinion of the Supreme Court, 390 U .8. 341 (1968), and an order of the U ,8. Court of Appeals, Nint.h Circuit., of May 16, 1968, which prohibited a Portland, Oreg" supermarket chain from knowingly inducing discriminatory prices by including in the prohibition those retailers who buy through wholesalers as well as direct-buying retailers.

::? 1026 FEDERAL TRADE COl\HvIISSION DECISIONS Sylla bus 73 F.

whether in its original state or contained in other textile fiber products as the terms ~'commerce " and "textile fiber product" are defined in the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, do forthwith cease and desist from misbranding textile fiber products by: 1. Falsely or c1eeeptj,-ely stamping, tagging, labeling, invoicing, advertising, or otherwise identifying such products as to the name or amount of constituent fibers contained therein. 2. Failing to affix labels to such products showing each element of information required to be disclosed by Sec.tiona (b) of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act.

It islu1'the?' o?Yle?'ed That respondents Fox Hives' ~Sells, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Joseph R. Lessard, individually and as an officer of said corporation, and respondents' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in cmmection with the offering for sale, sale or distribution of textile products in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the. Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from representing, directly or by implication, that any of respondents' products are guaranteed unless the nature and e.extent of the guarantee€, the identity of the guarantor, and the manner in which the guarantor will perform thereunder are. clearly and conspicuously disclosed. It is f1.l1'thel' o1Yle1'ed That the respondent corporation shall forthwith distribute a copy of this Order to each of its operating divisions. t is f1.lTthe?' onle1' That the respondents herein 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 they have complied with this order.

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