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- <text id=89TT0288>
- <title>
- Jan. 30, 1989: Business Notes:Consumer Electronics
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Jan. 30, 1989 The Bush Era Begins
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 53
- Business Notes
- CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
- A Little on The High Side
- </hdr><body>
- <p> If Panasonic products seemed a bit pricey last year, the
- reason has become clear. Between March and August, some of the
- company's U.S. representatives allegedly resorted to classic
- pressure tactics to shore up profits that had been eroded by
- price wars. Panasonic threatened to cut off deliveries to
- retailers that discounted Panasonic goods. Among the targets: K
- mart, Montgomery Ward and Circuit City. Last week Panasonic, a
- division of Japan's Matsushita, settled charges of price fixing
- with the New York State attorney general's office. While
- Panasonic admitted no wrongdoing, the company agreed to refund
- as much as $16 million to an estimated 748,000 U.S. consumers
- who were overcharged. The refunds, on such products as
- videocassette recorders, camcorders and answering machines,
- will range from $17 to $45.
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- </body></article>
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