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Slotting Fee Replacement By Post-Marketing Methods Suggested - FTC Panel
Alternative mechanisms to slotting fees designed to ensure retailers that unsuccessful products will not remain on shelves should be considered for the grocery industry, panel members asserted at a Federal Trade Commission public hearing on slotting fees in Washington, D.C. May 31-June 1.
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
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FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
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At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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Mark Meador marks fifth month as FTC member quoting Bible, lamenting agency’s loss of a key consumer protection tool and referencing US jobs lost when businesses move them overseas in his remarks at advertising regulation conference in Washington.