[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 69098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33282]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3695]


Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc.; 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a 
Massachusetts-based corporation from misrepresenting that footwear made 
wholly abroad is made in the United States, and the consent order 
contains a provision indicating that the respondent would not be in 
violation of the order if the company makes truthful statements 
concerning domestic production of footwear, as long as it is 
accompanied by certain disclosures.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued December 4, 1996\1\.

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Starek's statement are available from the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Steven Baker, Federal Trade 
Commission, Chicago Regional Office, 55 East Monroe St., Suite 1860, 
Chicago, IL 60603. (312) 353-8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, September 18, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 49141, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Hyde Athletic Industries, 
Inc., 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).
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-33282 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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