Cineplex to make online purchase fee more obvious amid tribunal case
- Cineplex Inc. will improve how it communicates an online booking fee amid a tribunal case and $38.9 million penalty for misleading marketing.
- The company has charged a $1.50 fee since June 2022 for customers not in loyalty programs, which waive or reduce the fee.
- Cineplex chief executive Ellis Jacob stated the tribunal focused on the website's presentation, not the fee amount.
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Cineplex reports $24.7M Q3 loss on Competition Tribunal penalty
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Cineplex Inc. says it will continue adding a fee to some online ticket purchases but will adjust how the charge is communicated to moviegoers. The move comes in response to a record $38.9-million penalty Cineplex was handed in September by Canada’s Competition Tribunal in a case alleging the way the company presented online booking fees to consumers constituted deceptive marketing. “They were not really questioning the absolute fee. What they we…
Cineplex reports $24.7M Q3 loss on Competition Tribunal penalty – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. reported a loss in its latest quarter compared with a profit a year ago as it was hit by a fine for deceptive marketing practices imposed by the Competition Tribunal. The movie theatre company says it lost $24.7 million or 39 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with a profit of $29.7 million or 40 cents per diluted share a year earlier. The results in the most recent quarter included a $39.2-mi…
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