FTC Retail Slotting Fee Investigation To Receive $900,000 In Funding
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Federal Trade Commission is slated to receive nearly $1 mil. in funding under the agency's FY 2001 budget to investigate retail slotting fees. Also known as slotting allowances, the fees are payments given by manufacturers to retailers in return for product placement on store shelves.
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