FTC Slotting Fee Investigation To Receive $900,000 In Funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Federal Trade Commission is slated to receive nearly $1 mil. in funding under the agency's FY 2001 budget, earmarked for studying the practice of retail slotting fees.
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