Slotting Fee Replacement By Post-Marketing Methods Suggested - FTC Panel
This article was originally published in The Rose 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 hearing on slotting fees in Washington, D.C. May 31-June 1.
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