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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

In the Matter of 

NATIONAL FLOORS DIRECT, INC., a corporation.

FILE NO. 182-3085 

AGREEMENT CONTAINING 

CONSENT ORDER

The Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) has conducted an investigation of certain 

acts and practices of National Floors Direct, Inc. (“Proposed Respondent”). The Commission’s 

Bureau of Consumer Protection (“BCP”) has prepared a draft of an administrative Complaint 

(“draft Complaint”). BCP and Proposed Respondent enter into this Agreement Containing 

Consent Order (“Consent Agreement”) to resolve the allegations in the attached draft Complaint

through a proposed Decision and Order to present to the Commission, which is also attached and 

made a part of this Consent Agreement. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between Proposed Respondent and BCP, that:

1. Proposed Respondent is National Floor Direct, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with its 

principal office or place of business at 100 Messina Drive, Braintree, Massachusetts 02184. 

2. Proposed Respondent neither admits nor denies any of the allegations in the Complaint, 

except as specifically stated in the Decision and Order. Only for purposes of this action, 

Proposed Respondent admits the facts necessary to establish jurisdiction. 

3. Proposed Respondent waives: 

a. Any further procedural steps;

b. The requirement that the Commission’s Decision contain a statement of findings of fact 

and conclusions of law; and 

c. All rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or contest the validity of the 

Decision and Order issued pursuant to this Consent Agreement. 

4. This Consent Agreement will not become part of the public record of the proceeding unless 

and until it is accepted by the Commission. If the Commission accepts this Consent Agreement, 

it, together with the draft Complaint, will be placed on the public record for 30 days and 

information about them publicly released. Acceptance does not constitute final approval, but it 

serves as the basis for further actions leading to final disposition of the matter. Thereafter, the

Commission may either withdraw its acceptance of this Consent Agreement and so notify 

Proposed Respondent, in which event the Commission will take such action as it may consider 
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appropriate, or issue and serve its Complaint (in such form as the circumstances may require) 

and decision in disposition of the proceeding, which may include an Order. See Section 2.34 of 

the Commission’s Rules, 16 C.F.R. § 2.34 (“Rule 2.34”). 

5. If this agreement is accepted by the Commission, and if such acceptance is not subsequently 

withdrawn by the Commission pursuant to Rule 2.34, the Commission may, without further 

notice to Proposed Respondent: (1) issue its Complaint corresponding in form and substance 

with the attached draft Complaint and its Decision and Order; and (2) make information about 

them public. Proposed Respondent agrees that service of the Order may be effected by its 

publication on the Commission’s website (ftc.gov), at which time the Order will become final. 

See Rule 2.32(d). Proposed Respondent waives any rights it may have to any other manner of 

service. See Rule 4.4. 

6. When final, the Decision and Order will have the same force and effect and may be altered, 

modified, or set aside in the same manner and within the same time provided by statute for other 

Commission orders. 

7. The Complaint may be used in construing the terms of the Decision and Order. No 

agreement, understanding, representation, or interpretation not contained in the Decision and 

Order or in this Consent Agreement may be used to vary or contradict the terms of the Decision 

and Order. 

8. Proposed Respondent agrees to comply with the terms of the proposed Decision and Order 

from the date that Proposed Respondent signs this Consent Agreement. Proposed Respondent 

understands that it may be liable for civil penalties and other relief for each violation of the 

Decision and Order after it becomes final.
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NATIONAL FLOORS DIRECT, INC.

By: ______________________________ 

 Zachary Rosenberg 

 Title: _________________________ 

 Date: ________________________ 

______________________________ 

David H. Rich, Esq. 

Todd & Weld LLP 

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110 

Attorney for National Floors Direct, 

Inc.

Date: ________________________ 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

By: ______________________________ 

Carl H. Settlemyer, III

 Attorney 

 Division of Advertising Practices

APPROVED:

 ______________________________ 

Mary K. Engle

Associate Director

Division of Advertising Practices

 ______________________________ 

 Andrew M. Smith 

Director

 Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Date: ________________________