FTC Slotting Fees Public Forum Scheduled For Late May
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop May 31-June 1 to discuss the practice of charging slotting allowances to retailers. An announcement of the meeting will be published in an upcoming Federal Register notice.
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