FTC Public Workshop On Slotting Issues Urged By Senate Committee
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A Federal Trade Commission public workshop to discuss the practice of slotting in retail outlets is suggested by the Senate Committee on Small Business in an Oct. 20 letter to the commission.
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