Almost half of the bids Generalitat analyzed during the campaign Black Friday there is a disorder. this Ministry of Commerce and Laborthrough this l’Catalan Consumer Agency and General Directorate of Trade It tracked nearly 70 companies and nearly 1,400 products in these last weeks of autumn, enabling it to detect “potential violations of price regulations” in more than 50% of cases.
Specifically, according to a statement released by the ‘department’ this Monday, Consum “price changes“Over 450 products out of close to 900 products reviewed. This may be due to the pre-sale price not being stated until it was no lower than the price thirty days before the promotion. ‘Online’ businesses among the defendants Computer Components, Carrefour, Euronics, fnac, I look, English Court, Media Markt, conformation Y to the field.
on his side, General Directorate of Trademonitored approximately 60 companies (29 physical audits and 32 ‘online’) and found between 50 and 60% non-compliances on 480 products analyzed.
Faced with this situation, Generalitat send requests to companies He said they may have bypassed price adjustments so they can assert their claims or provide additional information to justify their trading behavior in recent weeks. In any case, if the violation is finally determined, the Company sanctions files To avoid it, he says these “bad business practices” will be repeated in future campaigns.
Fines of up to 100,000 Euros
“By consumer codeUnfair commercial practices that cause or may cause consumers to engage in economic behavior that they would not normally do are considered serious and therefore, A fine of 10,001 to 100,000 euros“On the other hand, according to factors such as the number of non-compliant products offered, sales volume and profit from the breach or the number of consumers affected,” “conselleria” said in a statement. commercial arrangementsThe controls promoted monitor unfair competition between companies and sanctions can be up to 20,000 euros”.
A few days before Black Friday arrives, on November 25, Organization of consumers and users (OCU) In his case, he had already disclosed that he had detected irregularities in 99% of the bids. “Online stores reference not the lowest price of the last 30 days, but any price during this period, or even the recommended selling price, which violates trade regulations,” the organization said.