Andrew Jackson trading Company, Inc

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In THe Marrer or ANDREW JACKSON TRADING COMPANY, INC., ET AL. CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO TITE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACTS Docket C-2013. Complaint, Aug. 17, 1971—Decision, Aug. 17, 1971 Consent order requiring a Charlotte, N.C., importer and seller of novelty items such as artificial flowers and ornaments, and wearing apparel in the form ANDREW JACKSON. TRADING CO., INC., ET AL. 241 240 Complaint of ladies’. scarves, to cease violating the Flammable Fabrics Act by importing and selling any fabrie which fails to conform to the standards of said Act.

Complaint Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Andrew Jackson Trading Company, Inc., a corporation, and Andrew Jackson Sales, Inc., a corporation, and Andrew J. Nicholson, individually and as an officer of said corporations, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Acts and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, 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: :

Parscrapa 1. Respondents Andrew Jackson Trading Company, Inc., and Andrew Jackson Sales, Inc., are corporations organized, existing and doing business under and. by virtue of the Jaws of the State of North Carolina. Their address is 115 Remount Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Respondent Andrew J. Nicholson is an officer of the corporate respondents. He formulates, directs and controls the acts, practices -and policies of said corporate respondents including those hereinafter set forth.

Respondents are engaged in the importation and sale of novelty items such as artificial flowers and ornaments, and wearing apparel in the form of ladies’ scarves.

Par. 2. Respondents are now and for some time Jast past have been engaged in the sale and offering for sale, in commerce, and the importation into the United States and have introduced, delivered for introduction, transported and caused to be transported in commerce, and have sold or delivered after sale or shipment in commerce, products, as the terms “commerce” and “product” are defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, which fail to conform to an applicable standard or regulation continued in effect, issued or amended under. the provisions of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended. Among such products mentioned hereinabove were ladies’ scarves. ‘Par. 3. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondents were and are in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and constituted, and now constitute, unfair methods of competition and unfair and decep- 242 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS Complaint 79 F.C:

tive acts and practices in commerce, within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Decision AND ORDER The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondents named in the caption hereof, and the respondents having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Atlanta Regional Office proposed to present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would charge respondents with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended; and ;

The respondents and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondents of all the jurisdictional facts sct forth in the aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondents that the law has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the Commission’s rules; and The Commission having thereafter considered the matter and haying determined that it had reason to believe that the respondents have violated the said Acts, and that complaint should issue stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted the exceuted consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in Section 2.34(b) of its rules, the Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order:

1. Respondents Andrew Jackson Trading Company, Inc., and Andrew Jackson Sales, Inc., are corporations organized, existing, and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of North Carolina with their office and principal place of business located at 115 Remount Road, Charlotte, North Carolina. Respondent Andrew J. Nicholson is an officer of said corporations. He formulates, directs, and controls the policies, acts and practices of the corporate respondents and his address is the same as that of said corporate respondents. ;

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.

ANDREW JACKSON TRADING CO., INC., ET AL. 243 240 Decision and Order ORDER lt is ordered, That respondents Andrew Jackson Trading Company, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Andrew Jackson Sales, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Andrew J. Nicholson, individually and as an officer of said corporations, and respondents’ representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from selling, offering for sale, in commerce, or importing into the United States, or introducing, delivering for introduction, transporting or causing to be transported in commerce, or selling or delivering after sale or shipment in commerce, any product, fabric, or related material; or selling or offering for sale, any product made of fabric or related material which has been shipped or received in commerce, as “commerce,” “product,” “fabric” and “related material” are defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, which product, fabric, or related material fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued, amended or continued in effect, under the provisions of the aforesaid Act. It is further ordered, That respondents notify all of their customers who have purchased or to whom have been delivered the products which gave rise to the complaint, of the flammable nature of said products, and effect the recall of said products from such customers. It is further ordered, That respondents herein either process the products which gave rise to the complaint so as to bring them into conformance with the applicable standard of flammability under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, or destroy said products. [t is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall, within ten (10) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a special report in writing setting forth the respondents’ intentions as to compliance with this order, This special report shall also advise the Commission fully and specifically concerning (1) the identity of the product which gave rise to the complaint, (2) the number of said products in inventory, (3) any action taken and any further actions proposed to be taken to notify customers of the flammability of said products and effect the recall of said products from customers, and of the results thereof, (4) any disposition of said products since September 8, 1970, and (5) any action taken or proposed to be taken to bring said products into conformance with the applicable standard of flammability under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, or destroy said products and the results of such action. Such report shal] further inform the Commission as to whether or not respondents have in inventory any product, fabric, or related material Decision and Order 79 F.T.C.

having a plain surface and made of paper, silk, rayon and acetate, nylon and acetate, rayon, cotton or any other material or combinations thereof in a weight of two ounces or less per square yard, or any product, fabric, or related material having a raised fiber surface. Respondents shall submit samples of not less than one square yard in size of any such product, fabric, or related material with this report. It is further ordered, That respondents notify the Commission at least 30 days prior to any proposed change in the corporate respondents’ business organization such as dissolution, assignment or sale resulting in the emergence of successor corporation, the creation or dissolution of subsidiaries or any other change in the corporations which may affect compliance obligations arising out of the order. It is further ordered, That the respondent corporations shall forthwith distribute a copy of this order to each of their operating divisions. It is further ordered, That the respondents 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.