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Dolce & Gabbana lawyer pleads for full acquittal Wednesday, 12th June 2013
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s lawyer has asked Judge Antonella Brambilla to rule for full acquittal and to dismiss the charges on the basis that there is no case to proceed, according to WWD.
Posted in fashion, Fashion News, Legal, People Tagged Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, fashion, fashion news, D&G, Dolce & Gabbana, Gado Srl, legal
Apple e-book costs customers hundreds of million dollars Tuesday, 4th June 2013
Lawrence Buterman, a government lawyer claims that a deal on the price for e-books between Apple and publishers costs customers 'hundreds of millions of dollars'.
Posted in Consumers, Deals and Takeovers, Online retail, Retail Industry, Technology Tagged Apple, Amazon, legal, retailers, deals, finance
Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana face prison sentence for tax evasion Saturday, 1st June 2013
On hearing this March, at Milan court, in the case of tax evasion trial concerning Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, prosecutor Gateano Ruta requested the two founders of Dolce & Gabbana to be sentenced to two and half years each in prison.
Posted in Accessories News, fashion, Fashion News, Jewellry, Luxury Goods, Online retail, Retail Industry Tagged Dolce & Gabbana, fashion industry, legal, finance, clothing
RILA to reject $7.2 billion settlement in Mastercard and Visa legal case Thursday, 11th April 2013
It is reported that Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has announced its intention to reject a 7.2 billion USD settlement with two major credit card brands. The settlement in question was proposed last year as an attempt to end a lawsuit filed eight years ago. The suit alleges that Visa and Mastercard artificially raised the interchange fees used to process transactions.
Posted in Legal, Retail Industry Tagged retail, news, legal, retail industry leaders association, rila, mastercard, visa, credit cards, lawsuit, wal-mart, home depot, target
Sainsbury's CEO criticises Tesco Price Promise Tuesday, 19th March 2013
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Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s has criticised Tesco’s Price Promise scheme as inaccurate, threatening to submit a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. King objected to Tesco comparing prices of own-brand items, asking at Sainsbury's results presentation, “How on earth do you compare non-brand products?
Posted in Advertising Campaigns, Legal, Retail Industry, Supermarket News, Supermarkets Tagged sainsburys, tesco, supermarkets, retail, news, legal, advertising, adverting standards authority
Tesco dairy price fixing fine slashed Wednesday, 27th February 2013
Tesco is to pay a reduced £6.5 million fine for its hand in a dairy price fixing scandal almost a decade ago.
Tagged Tesco, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Office of Fair Trading, Food, Legal
Animal testing banned in EU Thursday, 31st January 2013
Animal testing on cosmetic products and ingredients in the EU will be banned from 11 March 2013.
Posted in Cosmetics, Health & Beauty, Legal Tagged The Body Shop, Cruelty Free International, Paul McGreevy, Michelle Thew, LEgal, Cosmetics, Health & Beauty
Former Allders’ bosses questioned about money owed to concessions Monday, 28th January 2013
The former bosses of the department store Allders are being questioned about outstanding debts owed by the company to its concessions. The department store chain became defunct in September of last year after its administrators failed to find a buyer following its collapse in June. Now, a number of the businesses which acted as concessions within the store are seeking payment of debts owed to them by the company.
Posted in Department Stores, Legal, Retail Industry Tagged Allders, concessions, legal, debts, department stores, finance
Google faces backlash over alleged iPhone tracking Monday, 28th January 2013
Millions of iPhone owners in the UK could have grounds to sue internet giant Google after it intentionally swerved Apple security measures to monitor users’ web habits.
Posted in Online retail, Legal Tagged Apple Inc., Google, online retail, legal
Cost of retail crime soars to £1.6bn Monday, 21st January 2013
The cost of retail crime has rocketed by 15.6 per cent to £1.6 billion in a year as the sector is repeatedly targeted by organised criminals, according to the British Retail Consortium’s Retail Crime Survey.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged British Retail Consortium, Retail Crime Survey, British Retail Statistics, Retail Industry, Consumer, Legal, Online Retail
