May 07, 2014
New CEO Seeks Client Stickiness From Shift In Global Cash...
Instead of concentrating sales on individual products, Global Cash Access has begun bundling its products aided by a kiosk under a strategy change for the gaming cash-access specialist implemented by...
December 20, 2012
Electrical retailers offer undertakings in extended warranty market
After the OFT studied the extended warranty market, they found competition concerns, as listed on the OFT website: Competition remains limited by the retailers’ ‘point of sale’ advantage in being...
November 21, 2012
Spain: Mazda fined for limiting consumer choice in repairs
Mazda’s Spanish automobile unit has been fined more than €180,000 for competition infringements by the CNC. The fine was issued after the CNC found that Mazda hampered competition in the...
November 20, 2012
Australia: ACCC targets 11 Harvey Norman stores, may issue up...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed a suit in the Federal Court against 11 Harvey Norman franchisees for allegedly misleading consumers. Harvey Normal has nearly 200 stories on...
October 16, 2012
Australia: ACCC prosecutes HP for misleading consumers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued formal proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney against Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd (HP), for allegedly misleading consumers in warranty and...
October 10, 2012
Italy: Consumer associations launch lawsuit against AppleCare guarantee
Two Italian consumer associations, Rome-based Federconsumatori and the Center for the Protection of Consumers and Users (CTCU), based in the northeastern city of Bolzano, are launching a class action lawsuit...
October 08, 2012
France: Authority in favor of opening up auto repair market
The French competition authority said that France should open the auto-repair market to more services and parts providers thereby increasing competition in the monopolistic market. Currently, French carmakers tend to...
September 19, 2012
Australia: ACCC conducts “internet sweep” for consumers
The ACCC annual investigation is a coordinated action by 40 consumer protection agencies from around the world in order to focus on fine print in online shopping as part of...
July 19, 2012
Portuguese Consumer Protection Group to sue Apple over AppleCare
The Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (“DECO”) announced a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly misleading customers through deceptive language in order to persuade them into purchasing the add-on AppleCare Protection...