Posts tagged "rod sims"

The ACCC has launched legal action against online retailer Booktopia for giving customers misleading information about their rights to refunds.

After a lengthy approval process the competition watchdog has given the green light for BPAY, eftpos and NPP Australia to merge under the banner of Australian Payments Plus.

ACCC chair Rod Sims says Australia’s outdated merger laws allow corporate behemoths to scoop up their competitors.

More Australian businesses will be protected from unfair contract terms if draft legislation released for public consultation this week is approved by Parliament. 

Small businesses across the country are still being subjected to unfair contract terms and there’s “no doubt” a delay in the government’s plans to make such terms illegal is costing those businesses greatly, says competition boss Rod Sims. 

Leading small business advocates have backed a call by ACCC boss Rod Sims to introduce an ‘unfair practices’ provision into the Australian Consumer Law to better protect small businesses.

The consumer watchdog has revealed its priorities for the year with dodgy sales practices in the travel sector set to be scrutinised.

Small business groups are calling on the competition regulator to block Woolworths' proposed acquisition of family-run PFD Food Services.

The ACCC is taking Peters Ice Cream to court over claims the prominent ice cream maker engaged in 'exclusive dealing' in a supply deal.

ACCC chair Rod Sims has defended a letter sent to the author of an opinion piece the commission believed raised price-fixing concerns.

The $8.5 million fine imposed on iSelect in Australia for misleading conduct confirms the appalling state of the price-comparison market.

Google fancies itself a champion of small businesses, but the tech giant's professed devotion to SMEs in service of its own commercial interests is disingenuous.