April 2001
Vodafone refunds $35,000: message to all advertisers, inadvertently breaching Fair Trading Act is not a defence
18 April 2001
Responding to a Commerce Commission investigation, Vodafone New Zealand Limited has refunded a total of $35,000 to customers that it had overcharged for cellphone text messages.Relates to: Fair Trading
Kmart and Atlas Imports offer refunds for misleading claims about "genuine" leather belts: possible industry-wide problem
10 April 2001
As part of a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Coles Myer New Zealand Holdings Limited, which trades as Kmart New Zealand, and Atlas Imports Pty Limited today offered refunds and started corrective advertising for making misleading claims that six styles of men's belts were "leather" or "genuine leather".Relates to: Fair Trading
Mitre 10 fined $13,500 for false claims about prices: warning to all chain stores about prices in branches
5 April 2001
Distributing more than a million copies of a booklet that included false claims about prices led to Mitre 10 (New Zealand) Limited being fined $13,500 in the Auckland District Court today.Relates to: Fair Trading
