Two commercial establishments in Oman fined heavily for misleading promotions

Muscat: Two commercial establishments, in Muscat governorate, will have to pay several fines imposed on them by the Consumer Protection Authority as they were found to be in violation of the Consumer Protection Law.

A statement issued online by the Authority said: "The Consumer Protection Authority, represented by the Anti-Commercial Fraud Department, has recently imposed a number of administrative fines on commercial establishments in the Governorate of Muscat for violating the Consumer Protection Law. The imposition of these fines comes in light of the Authority’s continuous efforts to monitor the market by organising inspection visits to the establishments."

"Two commercial establishments were found pushing promotions that turned out to be misleading. The first establishment intended to write false advertising copy that attracted consumers to a number of electronic goods, while the other one misled consumers in its promotions for clothing.”

“It was decided to punish the first establishment with an administrative fine of OMR 300 and the second one with an administrative fine of OMR100  for being in explicit violation,” the statement added.