Bain'S, Inc.

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In THD Marrer or BAIN’S, INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF: THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket 0-265. Complaint, Nov. 2, 1962—Decision, Nov. 2, 1962 Consent order requiring Los Angeles furriers to cease violating the Fur Products Labeling Act by failing to show on invoices of fur products the true animal name of furs and the country of origin of imported furs and to disclose when fur was artificially colored; failing, on invoices, to use the term “Dyed Broadtail-processed Lamb” and on invoices and newspaper advertising to. use the word “natural” where required; and failing to comply with other invoicing requirements and to maintain adequate records as a basis for pricing claims.

Complaint Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Bain’s, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Charles Bain, Sonny Bain, Mac Rosen and Jack E. Slote, individually and as officers of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents have violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling - Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest,-hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows: be PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Bain’s, Inc., is a corporation, or ganized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada.

Individual respondents Charles Bain, Sonny Bain, Mac Rosen, and Jack E. Slote are officers of the corporate respondent and. formulate, direct and control the acts, practices and policies of the corporate respondent, including those hereinafter set forth. Respondents are retailers of fur products with stores located in Las Vegas, Nev., and Los Angeles, Calif., and have their principal office at 1108 South La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. Par. 2. Subsequent to the effective date of the Fur Products Labeling Act on August 9, 1952, respondents have been and are now engaged in the introduction into. commerce and in the sale, advertising, and offering for sale, in commerce, and in the transportation and distribution, in commerce of fur products; and have sold, advertised, BAIN’S, INC., ET AL. 1147 1146 Complaint2 1 2 0 0 0 520 607 1333 2217 -1 3 1 2 1 0 0 530 607 1323 203 -1 4 1 2 1 1 0 534 607 1319 67 -1 5 1 2 1 1 1 534 607 128 35 96.558258 offered5 1 2 1 1 2 691 610 58 34 96.538300 for5 1 2 1 1 3 778 611 78 43 96.538300 sale,5 1 2 1 1 4 883 608 223 66 96.764214 transported5 1 2 1 1 5 1132 614 67 33 95.802101 ands 1 2 1 1 6 1228 614 207 35 95.802101 distributed5 1 2 1 1 7 1462 616 60 33 96.630798 furs 1 2 1 1 8 1550 617 163 42 86.135414 products5 1 2 1 1 9 1741 617 112 33 86.135414 which4 1 2 1 2 0 530 658 1323 52 -1 5 1 2 1 2 1 530 658 91 34 95.990776 have5 1 2 1 2 2 640 659 82 34 96.617035 been5 1 2 1 2 3 742 661 125 34 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Said advertisements were intended to aid, promote and assist, directly or indirectly, in the sale and offering for sale of said for products.

Among and included in the advertisements aforesaid, but not limited thereto, were advertisements of respondents, which appeared in issues of the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review Journal, newspapers published in the city of Las Vegas, State of Nevada. ‘Respondents by means of the advertisements referred to above and other advertisements of similar important and meaning not specifically referred to herein, falsely and deceptively advertised their fur products in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act in that they were not advertised in accordance with the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder in that fur products which were not pointed, bleached, dyed, tip-dyed or otherwise artificially colored were not described as natural as required by Rule 19 of said Rules and Regulations.

Par. 6. Respondents, in advertising fur products for sale as aforesaid, made claims and representations of the types covered by subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 44 of the Regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act. Respondents, in making such claims and representations failed to maintain full and adequate records disclosing the facts upon which such pricing claims and representations were based in violation of Rule 44(e) of the said Rules and Regulations.

Par. 7. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondents, as herein alleged, are in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder and constitute unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Decision AND ORDER The Commission having heretofore determined to issue its complaint charging the respondents named in the caption hereof with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act, and the respondents having been served with notice of said determination and with a copy of the complaint the Commission intended to issue, together with a proposed form of order; and The respondents and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by respondents of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the complaint to issue herein, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by BAIN’S, INC., ET AL. 1149 1146 Decision and Order respondents that the law has been violated as set forth in such complaint, and waivers and provisions as required by the Commission’s rules; and The Commission, having considered the agreement, hereby accepts same, issues its complaint in the form contemplated by said agreement, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order: ;

1. Respondent, Bain’s, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada, with its office and principal place of business located at 1108 South La Cienega Boulevard, in the city of Los Angeles, State of California. Respondents Charles Bain, Sonny Bain, Mac Rosen and Jack E. Slote are officers of said corporation, and their address is the same as that of said corporation. ;

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondents, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER It is ordered, That Bain’s, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Charles Bain, Sonny Bain, Mac Rosen and Jack E. Slote, individually and as officers of said corporation, and respondents’ representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising, or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce of any fur product, or in connection with the sale, advertising, offering for sale, transportation or distribution of any fur product which is made in whole or in part of fur which has been shipped and received in commerce, as “commerce”, “fur”? and “fur product” are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act, do forthwith cease and desist from:

A. Falsely or deceptively invoicing fur products by: 1. Failing to furnish invoices to purchasers of fur products showing in words and figures plainly legible all the information required to be disclosed by each of the subsections of Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act. 2. Setting forth information required under Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder in abbreviated form. 3. Failing to set forth on invoices the item number or mark assigned to a fur product.

4. Failing to describe as natural fur products which are not 1150 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ‘DECISIONS Syllabus 61 FTC.

pointed, bleached, dyed, tip-dyed or otherwise artificially colored.

5. Failing to set forth the term “Dyed Broadtail-processed Lamb” in the manner required where an election is made to use that term instead of the term “Dyed Lamb”. 6. Failing to set forth information required under Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to each section of fur products composed of two or more sections containing different animal furs.

_ B. Falsely or deceptively advertising fur products through the use of any advertisement, representation, public announcement or notice which is intended to aid, promote, or assist, directly or indirectly, in the sale, or offering for sale of fur products, and which fails to describe as natural fur products which are not pointed, _ bleached, dyed, tip-dyed or otherwise artificially colored. | C. Making claims and representations of the types covered by subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 44 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling Act unless there are maintained by respondents full and adequate records disclosing the facts upon which such claims and representations are based.

It is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order.