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The ACCC has alleged that items sold in the Coles Down Down add campaign fails to provide a genuine discount claiming that numerous product prices had been artificially increased. | The ACCC has alleged that items sold in the Coles Down Down add campaign fails to provide a genuine discount claiming that numerous product prices had been artificially increased. | ||
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It showed that Coles would have products artificial price hikes in their products<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/583798/251204-Report-of-Dr-Geoff-Edwards-redacted.pdf}}</ref> with numerous examples of products having their "regular" price being set higher for roughly 30 days before having a "reduction", often higher than where it was previously despite having a Down Down discount sticker. This, the ACCC argues is misleading consumers into thinking that they are getting an actual discount where any reasonable consumer would understand it not to be so. This is further backed up leaked emails such as “We need to ensure we can get a ‘WAS’ callout for all future DD’s so we need to inflate white ticket price ahead of final DD price. <ref>{{Cite web |date=25 | It showed that Coles would have products artificial price hikes in their products<ref>{{Cite web |title=Expert Report of Dr Geoff Edwards |url=https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/583798/251204-Report-of-Dr-Geoff-Edwards-redacted.pdf|date=2025-12-04}}</ref> with numerous examples of products having their "regular" price being set higher for roughly 30 days before having a "reduction", often higher than where it was previously despite having a Down Down discount sticker. This, the ACCC argues is misleading consumers into thinking that they are getting an actual discount where any reasonable consumer would understand it not to be so. This is further backed up leaked emails such as “We need to ensure we can get a ‘WAS’ callout for all future DD’s so we need to inflate white ticket price ahead of final DD price. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-25 |title=AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 004 189 708) |url=https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/584134/260225-ACCCs-closing-submissions-redacted.pdf}}</ref> | ||
COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 004 189 708) |url=https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/584134/260225-ACCCs-closing-submissions-redacted.pdf}}</ref> | |||
Coles is defending this case by claiming that what they are doing is within the bounds of the law, the case is still ongoing. | Coles is defending this case by claiming that what they are doing is within the bounds of the law, the case is still ongoing. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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