Forty Winks corrects use of comparative prices.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 October 2005-ACCC: Forty Winks corrects use of comparative prices(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20102005 A national bedding and furniture retailer, Forty Winks, will correct its use of comparative pricing following an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation.

Forty Winks (Franchising) Pty Ltd, which has 85 outlets across Australia, has provided the ACCC with court-enforceable undertakings. Advertisements appearing in Forty Winks' Celebration Sale catalogue featured a number of items of bedding and furniture and quoted a number of "$ savings" by comparing Forty Winks' "normal ticketed price" with the discounted price. However, the claimed savings for the advertised products may have been overstated because...