Just two days before the biggest shopping weekend of the year, Puerto Rico Trade predicted Tuesday that retail sales will increase by 3.3 percent during the Christmas season, if the pattern in local consumer purchases maintains the same growth rate registered in the period ended in September 2011, which was $2.9 million.
After failed attempts to convince online retailer Amazon to reinstate its free shipping option to Puerto Rico, the Consumer Affairs Department is preparing to file a lawsuit against the Seattle, WA-based company for discriminatory practices, News is my Business confirmed Tuesday.
In an effort to safeguard the rights of all consumers living in Puerto Rico against illegal and discriminatory practices by companies that offer goods and services, especially online, Consumer Affairs Secretary Luis G. Rivera Marín and acting governor, Kenneth McClintock, signed an administrative order Thursday creating the Anti-Discrimination Commercial Office.
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