Retail

The Federal Trade Commission is moving to clarify how existing consumer-protection laws apply when companies use personal data to charge different customers different prices, putting retailers and other businesses on...

Australia's competition regulator has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from EnergyAustralia after the retailer failed to introduce a government-mandated electricity plan by the required deadline, in a case that underscores regulatory scrutiny of compliance in...

By: Sonam Mathur, Shashank Mehrotra & Dhruv Dikshit (TT&A) Across jurisdictions, competition authorities have been treating the online marketplace platforms as distinct markets, separate from offline channels of distribution. This...

By: Daniel S. Savrin, Caitlin Zeytoonian, Noah Beckert-McGirr & Abigail Guyon (Morgan Lewis & Bockius) In this blog entry, authors Daniel S. Savrin, Caitlin Zeytoonian, Noah Beckert-McGirr & Abigail Guyon (Morgan...

India’s antitrust regulator has ordered a formal investigation into French liquor company Pernod Ricard over allegations that it entered into exclusive arrangements with retailers in New Delhi to promote its...

South Korea’s antitrust regulator announced Thursday that it has imposed a combined fine of 3.15 billion won, or about $2.13 million, on nine pork processing companies for engaging in price-fixing...

One month after passing a law to ban the use of algorithmic pricing software by landlords to collude in setting apartment rental prices, New York became the first state in...

You could make a compelling argument that the hardest working sales associate in retail these days doesn’t wear a name tag, it lands in the customer’s inbox. Email’s dominance in...

The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has announced that its Investigations and Prosecution Service is conducting inspections at the offices of several companies operating in the personal care and retail industries....

French consumers may soon face higher prices when shopping from low-cost e-commerce platform Shein, as both European and national efforts take aim at the environmental and trade practices of fast-fashion...

Mastercard Inc. has announced plans to hike certain credit card fees starting April 15, just days after the company, alongside Visa Inc., reached a $30 billion settlement over swipe fees. Bloomberg...

In a move set to reshape the landscape of European sports retail, Italy's leading sports retailer, Cisalfa, has inked a deal to acquire the struggling Munich-based chain SportScheck out of...