Component pricing is where a business represents the cost of a good or service to consumers in, or as the sum of, multiple component parts. This is a practice commonly used by restaurants, cafés a...
Published: 26th October 2009.
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Comparison, or two-price, advertising is when retailers compare their current prices to previous or future prices. It can be a powerful marketing tool and, as with all forms of advertising, must co...
Accurate price representations are not just good advertising practice. The Trade Practices Act 1974 requires that your advertising correctly represents the goods you are offering for sale, includin...
Published: 5th May 2009.
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Under the Trade Practices Act 1974 you are required to ensure that your advertising correctly represents the goods or services you are offering for sale—including its price and any other key feat...
Published: 5th May 2009.
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Setting prices is one of the most important decisions that business owners can make. Set them too low and you won’t make enough profit to stay in business, but set them too high and you could see...
This News for business discusses price fixing—one of the most misunderstood areas of trade practices law. Price fixing is collusion between businesses on the price goods and services will be sold...
'Can I get a refund?' These five words resulted in more than 6500 calls to the ACCC Infocentre last year. Clearly, many traders and consumers are unsure of their rights when requesting a refund.
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Advertising sale items and discounted goods are an excellent way of getting customers into your store. While special offers are a legitimate means of enticing consumers, there are rules for this fo...
The removal of self regulation in the advertising industry in 1997 placed a responsibility on anyone involved in advertising and promotion not to engage in misleading and deceptive conduct that bre...
If you make, distribute, import, sell (new or secondhand) or hire household cots then this information is important to you.
On 30 June 1998 a new mandatory product safety standard covering childre...
Competition in the computer retailing market may be cut-throat, but that’s no excuse for retailers to use unlawful, or potentially unlawful, tactics to win customers. Unfortunately, some persist ...
