Tag: Accc

Christmas is a hectic time for small business owners – with scammers looking to take advantage of tired and stressed people during the festive season.

Yellow Pages ads were once the mainstay of advertising for local tradesmen, however tradesmen are moving their advertising spend online, with new research showing consumers increasingly switching to the internet to locate local tradesmen, rather than the Yellow Pages.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched an online education module that explains the new consumer guarantees to business owners, managers and sales staff.

Mobil petrol stations in Australia are in the process of being rebranded into 7-Eleven stores after the sale of more than 250 Mobil service stations to 7-Eleven’s Australian owners was approved by the ACCC eight weeks ago.

Metcash, owner of IGA supermarkets and Australia’s largest independent grocery and liquor wholesaler, welcomes Federal Court action by the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission opposing Metcash’s plans to acquire the Franklins supermarket chain for $215 million.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will block the proposed acquisition of the Franklins supermarket chain by Metcash Trading Limited, who operate the IGA chain of supermarkets and wholesalers.

Two companies face court action after they allegedly misled Australian businesses into thinking they were dealing with Sensis Pty Ltd’s Yellow Pages.

Restaurants charging illegal holiday surcharges have been ordered to pay a penalty of $13,200 each for breaching the all-inclusive pricing lay on their menus by the Federal Court.

Optus engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when advertising Optus Broadband’s “Thing Bigger” and “Supersonic” internet plans, the Federal Court Sydney has found.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will run free product safety seminars for businesses to explain the product safety system changes under the Australian Consumer Law reforms.