Insight / Consumer Markets A swipe at card charges: Commerce Commission consults on potential card fee savings The Commerce Commission has launched a consultation on the retail payment system that could give rise to savings of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for New Zealanders paying for products with Mastercard or Visa Read more
Insight / Consumer Markets ‘Too hard to cancel’ – global spotlight on subscriptions and use of online choice architecture Businesses that offer subscription-based services to their customers, online or via an app, need to ensure that subscriptions are easy for users to cancel. Understanding how website and app design or online choice architecture (OCA) impacts a consumer’s ability to navigate any cancellation options is becoming increasingly relevant. Read more
Insight / Consumer Markets ACCC battles the wave against false ocean plastics claims The Australian competition regulator, ACCC, recently began proceedings against Clorox for making false or misleading representations that the GLAD kitchen and garbage bags were partly created with recycled ocean plastic. Read more
Insight / Consumer Markets Anti-competitive land covenants back before the High Court After identifying restrictive land covenants as a particular issue in its Retail Grocery Sector Market Study, on 19 June 2024 the Commerce Commission filed a proceeding in the High Court against Foodstuffs North Island in relation to such covenants. Read more
Insight / Consumer Markets Therapeutics Act is no more, but retailers must stay alert to regulatory landscape The proposed Therapeutics Act 2023 did not survive the new government’s assumption of power with the Medicines Act 1981 continuing to be the overarching legislation that governs the advertising of “therapeutic products” for the foreseeable future. Read more
Insight / Consumer Markets Further details released on Government’s modern slavery plan, but will it come to life? Further details have been released on the proposed modern slavery law for New Zealand. The proactive release of a Cabinet Paper outlines a gradual approach to combat modern slavery and confirms our previous predictions that some of New Zealand’s proposals are likely to be stricter than those overseas. Read more
