[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10860-10861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4862]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3553]


Baby Furniture Plus Association, Inc.; Prohibited Trade 
Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, an Alabama-based buying 
cooperative and trade association from taking any action on behalf of 
its members, or encouraging them to take any action, that interferes 
with a juvenile product manufacturer's decision as to how or to whom to 
distribute its products. The consent order also prohibits the 
respondent from coercing--by means of actual or threatened refusals to 
deal--any juvenile products manufacturer to abandon or adopt--or to 
refrain from abandoning or adopting--any marketing method for its 
products.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued January 18, 1995.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phoebe Morse, Boston Regional Office, 
Federal Trade Commission, 101 Merrimac St., Suite 810, Boston, MA. 
02114-4719. (617) 424-5960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, November 1, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 54601, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Baby Furniture Plus 
Association, Inc., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. 
Interested parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit 
comments, suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the 
order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

[[Page 10861]] (Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or 
applies sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4862 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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