(a) It is an unlawful trade practice for any person engaged in selling household furniture, appliances, or floor covering merchandise to an individual consumer, to incorporate in that person's business name, or otherwise to use in describing the business, the words 'manufacturer,' 'broker,' or 'wholesaler,' or any derivative of, or synonym for, any of them, unless such person is, in fact, engaged in such business, in addition to the business of selling the merchandise to individual consumers.(b) In cases where a person is engaged in manufacturing or wholesaling, and is in addition thereto engaged in making sales at retail to individual consumers, it is an unlawful trade practice for such person to imply, directly or indirectly, in connection with sales to individual consumers, that the selling price is other than a retail price, unless the sale is for resale.Acts 1957, ch. 410, § 5; T.C.A., §§ 69-604, 47-25-504.
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