Canadian Govt Nails Sears for False Tire Sales
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:09 am
For all the Canadians here-Sears Misrepresented Extent of Savings in Tire Advertisements Distributed to Millions of CanadiansOTTAWA, January 24, 2005 - Canadian consumers will benefit from today's Competition Tribunal ruling which found that Sears Canada Inc. violated the Competition Act by exaggerating the possible savings to consumers across Canada when it advertised tires on sale. The Competition Bureau is confident that this landmark decision ends a loud signal to the business community that bogus bargain price claims mislead consumers and harm retailers who comply with the law.http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic....html