Competition Bureau Canada
Today, the Competition Bureau obtained a court order to gather information and advance an ongoing investigation into Leon's Furniture Limited and its subsidiary, The Brick Warehouse LP.
The order, granted by the Federal Court requires Leon's and The Brick to produce records and written information that are relevant to the Bureau's investigation.
The investigation relates to certain alleged marketing practices such as:
- urgency cue claims related to the end dates of sales or time limited nature of promotions that may be false or misleading;
- potentially inflated regular prices used when making savings claims; and
- sale claims with no specification as to the amount of the discount, and prices displayed in a distinct font colour, which may create the false or misleading impression that people are benefitting from a sale.
The Bureau is looking to determine if Leon's and The Brick's marketing practices raise concerns under the deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act.
There is no conclusion of wrongdoing at this time.
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