Emma Sleep agrees to change ‘illegal’ sales practices following court settlement

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CMA reaches court settlement with Emma sleep Photo by Zulian Firmansyah The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has agreed a partial settlement with mattress company Emma Sleep after it admitted ...

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