Store advertising lst few days closing down sale

mea_k

Store near me had last few days of closing down sale, now today all sale signs gone nd operating without sale? Is this legal?

Credit Checker Moose

Why wouldn't it be?

mea_k

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

Why wouldn't it be?

If the store actually has not closed down, no renovations made, everything like it was before same name etc.
Thought it would have been miss leading information and advertising since its been dragging with few months.

BENDYBINN

Many a store closed down in evening and opened following morning!

mea_k

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Many a store closed down in evening and opened following morning!

With same run down furnishing and same name?!
Interested will anyone come up with valid laws etc.

Phileas Frog

mea_k wrote: »

With same run down furnishing and same name?!
Interested will anyone come up with valid laws etc.

There aren't any

GM228

If it is not closing down such claims of closing down sales could potentially be considered misleading advertising under the Consumer Protection Act 2007 which is a criminal offence.

It may be difficult to establish however as you need to show it deceives (or is likely to deceive) and as a result it is likely to affect the shoppers economic behaviour.

fritzelly

A store in Dublin city centre has had closing down signs for years

Credit Checker Moose

It is like those permanent sales. No laws being broken.

FishOnABike

I remember one menswear shop that had a closing down sale for years - I think it must have been closing down sales of liquidation stock from other businesses.

Their closing down sales were continuous for so many years that almost nobody believed it when the shop did actually close down.

Peregrinus

Case in point from Australia.

sexmag

fritzelly wrote: »

A store in Dublin city centre has had closing down signs for years

That shop is actually called "Closing Down Sale"

Speaking of which that Harvey Norman and DFS sale have been going on for a while now havent they?

No op it is not illegal to advertise a sale,it can be called "easter sale" "couch sale" "closing down sale" or even "I fell happy sale"

GM228

GM228 wrote: »

If it is not closing down such claims of closing down sales could potentially be considered misleading advertising under the Consumer Protection Act 2007 which is a criminal offence.

It may be difficult to establish however as you need to show it deceives (or is likely to deceive) and as a result it is likely to affect the shoppers economic behaviour.

I’ve seen “everything must go sale”, if everything doesn’t go, is that a criminal offence? I’ve seen a “one day sale” that went on for a week, is that a criminal offence?

GM228

sexmag wrote: »

No op it is not illegal to advertise a sale,it can be called "easter sale" "couch sale" "closing down sale" or even "I fell happy sale"

It is if the advertising deceives (or is likely to deceive) and is likely to affect the shoppers economic behaviour, it's just very difficult to prove.

Dav010 wrote: »

I’ve seen “everything must go sale”, if everything doesn’t go, is that a criminal offence? I’ve seen a “one day sale” that went on for a week, is that a criminal offence?

Again if the above is satisfied then yes, and now you see why it's a difficult one, but regards the everything must go I would say no.

Allinall

Perhaps the business generated by the sale was sufficient to save the company from liquidation and enabled it to remain open

dennyk

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Many a store closed down in evening and opened following morning!

mea_k wrote: »

With same run down furnishing and same name?!

All the shops I've ever seen always close in the evening and then reopen with the same furnishings and same name in the morning. I mean, it seems like it'd get pretty expensive to refurnish and change out your signs every single day. :pac:

Seriously though, it's possible it could run afoul of the misleading advertising regulations, but it would really depend on the specifics. For instance, if they advertised "Everything on sale!" or "X% off everything!" but the items they were selling weren't actually being discounted accordingly, that would be a more solid claim for misleading advertising against them. If they were just having a "Going out of business sale" and actually did discount their merchandise according to what they advertised, but didn't end up "going out of business" in the end, that might be harder to claim. It's also possible the company actually did wind up but was then purchased wholesale by some other entity who chose to continue the business, name and all, rather than shutting it down.

splinter65

mea_k wrote: »

If the store actually has not closed down, no renovations made, everything like it was before same name etc.
Thought it would have been miss leading information and advertising since its been dragging with few months.

But what law did they break in order for it to be “illegal”?

rock22

mea_k wrote: »

Store near me had last few days of closing down sale, now today all sale signs gone nd operating without sale? Is this legal?

It could be considered misleading contrary to section 43 of Consumer Protection Act. 2007. ((3) ii.

L1011

dennyk wrote: »

All the shops I've ever seen always close in the evening and then reopen with the same furnishings and same name in the morning. I mean, it seems like it'd get pretty expensive to refurnish and change out your signs every single day. :pac:

I have actually seen a shop close as a Jack Jones one night and open as a Calendar Club the next morning. (the previous tenant had been clearing stock and opened a new store across the corridor the next day with new stock)

Credit Checker Moose

Where does the law stand on eternal sales, DFS being a prime example?

fritzelly

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

Where does the law stand on eternal sales, DFS being a prime example?

Anything under RRP could be considered a sale so every store on the planet would be guilty
Only difference is if they advertise the price as been higher and sold by them for that price unless it was for at least 28 days - see this on the Argos website quite a lot

coylemj

There was a large store on Oxford St. in London near Marble Arch which had a 'closing down sale ' that lasted about 20 years.

the culture of deference

Prohibited Commercial Practices

Prohibited commercial practices.
55.— (1) A trader shall not engage in any of the following commercial practices:


(c) a representation that the trader is about to cease trading or move premises, if the trader is not;


A trader who contravenes section 55 (1) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction, as the case may be, to the fines and penalties provided in Chapter 4 of Part 5 .