§ 4-75-709 - Combination sales. - Arkansas Statutes

4-75-709. Combination sales.

(a) (1) In all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving two (2) or more items, at least one (1) of which items is cigarettes, at a combined price, and in all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving the giving of any gift or concession of any kind, whether coupons or otherwise, the wholesaler's or retailer's combined selling price shall not be below the cost to the wholesaler or the cost to the retailer, respectively, of the total of all articles, products, commodities, gifts, and concessions included in the transactions.

(2) If any such articles, products, commodities, gifts, or concessions shall not be cigarettes, the basic cost thereof shall be determined in the manner provided in 4-75-702(1).

(b) The redemption by a retailer of coupons supplied to consumers by manufacturers and redeemable from the retailer by the manufacturers is not a violation of this subchapter if the sum of the coupon and other consideration paid by the consumer is not below the cost to the retailer.

(c) Any manufacturer's promotional allowance provided to a wholesaler or retailer may be passed on to the purchaser by the wholesaler or retailer without violating this subchapter if the sum of the manufacturer's promotional allowance and other consideration paid by the purchaser is not below the cost to the wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be.