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

Résumé

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.