Question

I have a project I'm working on where I must selelct a company to write a report on and eventually present to my class. The first requirement is that the company is publicly traded but not regulated.

I would like to work on L brands who I have confirmed is publicly traded but I can't figure out how to see if they are not regulated. Please help! I have searched everywhere

Answer 1

L brand is a fashion retailing company. Any kind of retailing company are impacted by following kinds of regulations:

- Federal Trade Commission: FTC has the jurisdiction over both consumer protection and inter-business competition. As the B2C (business -to-consumer) are primary business of any retail company, FTC will impose regulation on it. Also, it will monitor inter-business competition, for example if multiple retail companies are making cartels/ introducing predatory pricing

- Department of Labor: DOL has the supervising authority over retail companies in ensuring that minimum wage rules/ working hours/ working conditions of the employee are well taken care of by the retailers.

- Taxes: Even though taxes are not considered to be a regulation, still retailer companies has to be complaint with the tax rules. American retailers pays one of the highest corporate tax, hence tax rules is automatically inevitable for the retail companies.