Konkurencja i konsument · 8.09.1994

TCH Corporation, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires, among other things, two California-based corporations to divest, within one year, to a Commission-approved buyer, the pharmacy business in either the Payless or the Thrifty or Bi-Mart stores in six designated areas, requires the respondents to ensure that the assets to be divested remain viable and marketable, and for ten years requires that the respondents obtained Commission approval prior to acquiring any stock or other interest in any entity engaged in the business of selling prescription drugs at retail stores in the six areas designated.