LoginScottish consumers hit by unfair pricing
Consumers in Scotland are losing out to short measures and unfair pricing practices
Posted 25 March 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Retail|Scotland
UPDATES: A nationwide Scottish Trading Standards project found widespread pricing inaccuracies and missing unit prices, revealing how misleading shelf labels and checkout errors continue to cost consumers millions.
Consumers across Scotland are losing millions of pounds to unfair pricing practices and short-weight measures, according to SCOTSS (the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland).
Trading Standards teams from 18 local authorities in Scotland checked compliance with the Price Marking Order 2004 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 among small to...
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