Slotting Fee Replacement By Post-Marketing Methods Suggested To FTC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Alternative mechanisms to slotting fees designed to ensure retailers that unsuccessful products will not remain on shelves should be considered for the grocery industry, panel members asserted at a Federal Trade Commission public meeting on slotting fees in Washington, D.C. May 31-June 1.
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