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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Are you sure? I remember working in the housewares department of a "discount' store in the early 70's. Rubbermaid (a plastics manufacturer) and Corning were both 'fair trade' items We were not allowed, by law to charge anything other than what they decided for any item from their line. This was nationwide. No matter which store you went into, the price was the same. Thats no longer true, of course.
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Yes, I am sure. There was a time when the Court threw out the price fixing but in the 1990s they approved maximum pricing restrictions and in 2008 approved minimum restrictions. A lot has changed since the 1970s -- like the tide, price fixing has ebbed and flowed. Fair trade laws were originally enacted by states to protect local businesses from the rise of large multistate competitors. At first the Court upheld fair trade laws but then had second thoughts and has again reversed course.