MAP is established solely byTrinity Wick and Home and will be communicated to all Retailers. The products, and MAP may be changed from time to time at LTrinity Wick and Home’s sole discretion. If Trinity Wick and Home changes the MAP on any product, it will provide at least 30 days’ notice to Retailers before such change takes effect.
It is a violation of this Policy for a Retailer to advertise anyTrinity Wick and Home product(s) at a price lower than the published MAP. This policy applies to all advertisements of Trinity Wick and Home products in any and all media as well as any advertising within brick-and-mortar retail stores or other selling venues.
An advertisement includes any and all promotional or pricing information accessible to consumers via any type of media, marketing, or promotional materials, including, without limitation:
- Flyers, posters, coupons, mailers, inserts, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, mail order catalogues, internet or similar electronic media including web sites, email and email solicitations, newsletters, television, radio, public signage, trade shows, billboards; and
- All forms of Internet advertising, including, without limitation, all websites and website pages and banners, social media, emails, blogs, portal sites, and search engines (including but not limited to Google, Google Shopping, Yahoo, etc.) whether or not products are sold from those sites. This includes prices listed in emails, search engines or placement of ads on any other website, including natural or paid search engine listings, shopping sites, marketplaces and auction sites. Internet sites that ask customers to utilize their shopping cart as a way of displaying pricing are in violation of this Policy. At no time may the Retailer make any statement on its website or other sites in connection with any product that indicates or implies that a lower price may be found at the online checkout stage. Moreover, using another company’s website to display a lower price than the MAP and offering a link to your website or to display a lower price than MAP is prohibited.
Direct or indirect attempts to circumvent this Policy will be considered a violation of this Policy and a violation of Trinity Wick and Home’s Authorized Retailer Terms & Conditions. Such attempts may include, but are not limited to:
- The use of any discount, gift card, coupon, giveaway, rebate offer or incentive (whether in the form of a special event, promotion, condition to doing business or otherwise) in any advertising by a Retailer where the cumulative effect is to reduce the advertised price of any product(s).
- Advertisements that bundle or include free or discounted Trinity Wick and Home products with other products or services (whether or not manufactured by Trinity Wick and Home) if such bundling has the effect of discounting the advertised price of the Trinity Wick and Home product below the MAP. In the case of bundles, the advertised price of the bundle must be equal to or greater than the total of the MAP of each product (from Trinity Wick and Home or from other manufacturerst) in such bundle. If other products in the bundle do not have a MAP, then its retail price must be used. Other products may be advertised as giveaways with the purchase of any Trinity Wick and Home product, but the advertised value of such give-away shall not exceed the MAP price for Trinity Wick and Home plus the MAP or SRP of the other product.
An “advertisement” shall not include any in-store advertising that is displayed only in the store and not distributed to any customer. In-store displays, point-of-sale signs, hangtags or bar codes or similar marks on products or product packaging that merely states the related product’s price are not considered “advertising.” Trinity Wick and Home recognizes that on occasion retailers may need to liquidate seasonal product or offer special annual promotions. From time to time, Trinity Wick and Home will modify its MAP policy in order to accommodate such situations. Discontinued merchandise approved by Trinity Wick and Home are excluded from the MAP Policy. This MAP Policy does not establish maximum advertised prices. Retailers may offer products at any price in excess of the respective product MAP.