[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4867]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3552]


New England Juvenile Retailers Association, et al.; Prohibited 
Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, a Massachusetts 
association of retailers from combining, agreeing or conspiring to: fix 
or maintain prices or the terms of sale for juvenile products; engage 
in or threaten boycotts in order to influence a manufacturer's decision 
as to how or to whom it distributes its products; or use coercion by 
means of actual or threatened refusals to deal in order to compel a 
juvenile products manufacturer to adopt or refrain from adopting any 
marketing method for its products. The consent order also requires the 
dissolution of the association within sixty days and requires the 
association to send a letter, acknowledging the consent order with the 
Commission and outlining its terms, to the manufacturers it allegedly 
threatened to boycott.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued January 18, 1995.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phoebe Morse, Boston Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 101 
Merrimac St., Suite 810, Boston, MA 02114-4719. (617) 424-5960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, November 1, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 54604, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of New England Juvenile Retailers 
Association, et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. 
Interested parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit 
comments, suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the 
order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4867 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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