Viking Office Products Pty Ltd - s.87B undertaking

Undertaking date:

23 April 1995

Undertaking type:

s.87B undertaking

Reference number:

D99/11621

Section:

ss. 52 & 53

Company or individual details

Misleading representations in catalogue advertising of stationery and office products.

Undertakings given:

not to advertise products as having a recommended retail price when there is none, nor to represent that an amount of its own calculation is a manufacturer’s, wholesaler’s or supplier’s recommended retail price;
not to advertise the prices of goods by superimposing the prices on pictures of goods of a different character;
to include a corrective statement and business education guide on trade practices in future catalogues (1995 catalogues to be audited quarterly); and
to implement a five-year trade practices compliance program and appoint a senior manager to oversee the program