$2.$ Does vertical price fixing help or hurt the small independent retailer? Why?

$3.$ Deceptive pricing harms not only the consumer, but also competition. Agree or disagree and explain your reasoning.

$4.$ If a student goes to a flea market and buys what he knows to be a fake Polo shirt for $$18,$ is this an example of $$deceitful diversion of patronage$?$ Is anyone hurt by this transaction? Who? Explain your reasoning.

$5.$ Should all types of $$puffery$$ be removed from ads? Explain your reasoning.

$6.$ Do you believe that fake merchandise is sold on eBay? If so$,$ what can eBay do about it$,$ within reason?

$7.$ A New York judge recently ruled that a retailer with the first name of John committed trademark infringement when he renamed one of his existing stores $$Trader John$$s$$ and redesigned it to look like a nearby Trader Joe$$s$.$ Was the judge right in his ruling? Why?

$8.$ Should a McDonald$$s franchisee be held liable for selling a Happy Meal to an already overweight child? Why?

$9.$ Should a retailer be held liable for statements made by its sales staff, even if the staff was instructed not to make such statements? Explain your reasoning.

$10.$ Could a decision by a manufacturer to engage in dual distribution be harmful to the consumer and members of the supply chain? Explain your reasoning.

$11.$ How could two$-$way exclusive dealing arrangements be harmful to consumers and competition?

$12.$ Discuss the concept of exclusive dealing. Are exclusive dealing arrangements in the retailer$$s best interest? Are they in the consumer$$s best interest?

$13.$ Should a retailer be allowed to sell products below cost in attempt to increase store traffic? Why?

$14.$ In a free market system, such as the one we have in the United States, should cities be allowed to use zoning laws to prevent big$-$box discounters from entering their markets?

$15.$ Should online retailers be required to collect the sales tax on all their sales for the individual states?

$16.$ Retailers should abide by the philosophy that $$as long as it is legal, it is ethical.$$ Agree or disagree and explain your reasoning.

$17.$ Because of religious or personal beliefs, a retailer may not want to stock a particular product$$say$,$ cigarettes or beer$$that is normally sold by its category of store. Can government force the retailer to carry a full line of merchandise, if that retailer is the only store in a community?

$18.$ Many retailers face the problem of small amounts of unredeemed money that remain on a gift card. Does this $$breakage$$ belong to the retailer as part of its profit, does it belong in the state$$s treasury, or should it go into the state$$s unclaimed money fund to the consumer? Explain your reasoning.