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Entries in 'consumer rights' (7)

Court orders web retailer to repay customers

Court orders web retailer to repay customers

NEWS

The Office of Fair Trading announced the successful conclusion of court action against an online computer software retailer that failed to deliver goods or provide refunds.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 28th 2011 at 10:08AM
T-Mobile U-turn on data slash move

T-Mobile U-turn on data slash move

NEWS

 

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jan 14th 2011 at 5:11AM
US authorities scramble to arrest and charge rogue trader

US authorities scramble to arrest and charge rogue trader

NEWS

US authorities have arrested rogue trader Vitaly Borker following the explosive report in the New York Times about the merchant’s customer abuse strategy to game Google search results.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Dec 7th 2010 at 6:01AM
'Being bad is bad for business' in Google search results

'Being bad is bad for business' in Google search results

NEWS

Google announced that it has changed the firm’s search algorithm to adopt ‘sentiment analysis’ in response to an explosive report in the New York Times into etailers using negative press ...

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Dec 2nd 2010 at 1:22AM
Rogue e-tailer courts negative feedback to boost web traffic

Rogue e-tailer courts negative feedback to boost web traffic

NEWS

The New York Times has published an explosive account of an American online retailer that actively solicited negative feedback from customers in order to boost the site's Google ‘pagerank’ and ...

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Nov 29th 2010 at 2:37AM
UK consumers say their rights are ignored

UK consumers say their rights are ignored

NEWS

A third of people feel their consumer rights have been ignored, and over a quarter are more likely to complain about items bought during the recession, according to government research.

by Nicky Trup
on Sep 14th 2009 at 11:05AM
Half of electronics websites break EU laws

Half of electronics websites break EU laws

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Over half of websites selling consumer electronics are breaking European regulations, an EU investigation has found.

by Nicky Trup
on Sep 9th 2009 at 2:21PM