By Jon Menon ( June 18, 2026, 10:50 GMT | Insight) -- Marks Electrical, a UK household-appliance retailer, has been fined £720,000 for breaking consumer and ordered to repay £600,000 to customers, after it preselected and charged customers for extra services without their express agreement, the UK antitrust regulator said. The CMA has levied almost £5 million in fines and secured more than £1.3 million in refunds since it gained fresh consumer powers last year to impose penalties.Marks Electrical, a UK household-appliance retailer, has been fined £720,000 ($950,000) for breaking consumer and ordered to repay £600,000 to customers, after it preselected and charged customers for extra services without their express agreement, the UK antitrust regulator said....
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