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23 Jun 2026 Deghi S.p.A.Deghi: 2 million EUR for endlessly renewing countdown discounts ItalyMisleading advertising and pricing €2m

From January 2024 to December 2025, the online retailer advertised time-limited discounts with countdown timers which, once they had expired, restarted with a new timer on identical terms. The AGCM classified this artificial scarcity as a particularly insidious dark pattern and imposed a fine of 2 million EUR.

What organisations can take from it

A countdown must genuinely expire – an automatically restarting timer creates misleading scarcity.

Relevance to training and awareness

False urgency and countdown timers in online marketing

Authority / court: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law: Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis: Codice del Consumo (pratiche commerciali scorrette)
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Retail and e-commerce
Published: 25 Jun 2026

Sources

PS13027 - E-commerce, sanzione di 2 milioni di euro a Deghi S.p.A. per pratica commerciale scorretta Press release of an authority
AGCM Provvedimento PS13027 (Deghi S.p.A.), adunanza del 23 giugno 2026 Decision of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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