Bunnings hits back, calls ComCom prosecution 'odd'

Bunnings hits back, calls ComCom prosecution 'odd'
Bunnings lowest prices guaranteed campaign has come under fire.
Victoria Young
Bunnings’ legal team has hit back against allegations of misleading advertising, saying consumers don’t really expect Bunnings to have the lowest price across every single item in every single store.The Commerce Commission has taken a Fair Trading Act case accusing Bunnings of misleading consumers with its “lowest prices guaranteed” slogan.The retailer’s case was an “odd prosecution” which “had not improved with its age”, Bunnings’ lawyer Adam Ross QC told the Auckland district court i...

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