Lugton's is the second in Hamilton to appear in court after reaching a settlement with the Commerce Commission over a planned regional response to Trade Me's pricing model.

Consumer watchdog is calling for an investigation into retailers sales tactics in the lead up to Christmas, saying consumers are being misled.

Redundancies are an economic reality facing both businesses, the companies told the Commerce Commission.

An Auckland car dealer pleaded guilty to six charges under the Fair Trading Act and was fined $105,000.

Wildly varying opinions on Key's PM years show plenty of voices in media, editors tell Commerce Commission.

If a merger of the country's two largest newspaper and online news publishers is blocked it will be the regions that suffer, the Commerce Commission has been told.

New Zealand's media landscape is "massively changing", the Commerce Commission's public conference into the proposed merger of NZME and Fairfax has heard.

Harmoney misled consumers into thinking they had been pre-approved for a personal loan.

The Commerce Commission will prosecute three firms following its investigation into seismic steel mesh.

The Commerce Commission brought charges against 11 real estate companies alleging they agreed on listing costs.

Media plurality would suffer if the status quo were to remain, NZME and Fairfax said in a submission to the Commerce Commission.

Gavin Marsich, director of payday lending company Twenty Fifty Club, has been fined $76,000 and banned from offering consumer finance.

Two media diversity specialists have been commissioned to produce a paper on the concentration of news in New Zealand.

We, a group of more than 30 editors, are writing to say, with respect, you are wrong. We believe that you have misinterpreted the state of NZ journalism.

The Commerce Commission is proposing changes Chorus has to provide retail service providers on its copper lines.

A leading law firm says the proposed merger could end up in the High Court if it is not approved by the Commerce Commission.

The ComCom's early view that it would decline the proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ is "a setback but not irreversible", says a competition lawyer.

COMMENT: The Commerce Commission indicating that it may decline the NZME and Fairfax merger is hardly what the leaders of either company would have wanted.

South African-owned insurer Youi NZ expects to pay a $350,000 fine for breaking the law with misleading sales tactics.

The Commerce Commission filed 19 charges against mobile trader Bestdeals 4 You relating to layby sales agreements.

The frozen yoghurt was really soft-serve ice cream, the Commerce Commission found.

Pak 'n Save has apologised to shoppers after a number of unhappy consumers called out the supermarket chain.

MediaWorks says a merged Fairfax/NZME news operation should have to sell one or other of the New Zealand Herald or Stuff websites.

Consumer's annual supermarket price survey has named this supermarket as the cheapest store in the country's six centres where prices were tracked.

A Northland man is taking claims that he has consistently been overcharged at Pak 'n Save to the Commerce Commission.

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The Commerce Commission's practice of releasing the companies it receives the most complaints about has been criticised.

Telcos Spark and Vodafone have topped the list as the most complained about companies according to the Commerce Commission. Have you ever had any issues?

The distributor of Nurofen is accused of misleading the public about its specific pain products.

The Overseas Investment Office has granted consent to the proposed merger of media companies NZME and Fairfax NZ.