Tag: retail

Polish Watchdog Charges Dino and Transport Firms with Anti-Poaching Conspiracy

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has launched formal proceedings…

Major NZ Supermarkets Retain 80% Market Share Despite Reforms

New Zealand’s grocery landscape remains firmly in the grip of its major…

Norway Launches Probe into Retail Banking Market

The Norwegian Competition Authority has launched a comprehensive sector inquiry into the…

Poland Raids Lidl and Transport Offices Over Job Market Collusion

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, UOKiK, has launched an explanatory…

Armani Explores Triple-Partner Stake Sale Following Founder’s Death

The Armani Group is entering a transformative chapter as it begins to…

EU probes potential foreign subsidies in JD.com’s Ceconomy acquisition

The European Commission has begun assessing whether the planned acquisition of Ceconomy…

Romanian Reviews Proposed Acquisition of Carrefour Romania by Pavăl Holding

The Romanian Competition Council has opened an assessment of a proposed transaction…

Italy Opens Inquiry into Large-Scale Retail and Food Supply Chain Pricing

The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, AGCM)…

Greece Publishes In-Depth Studies on Olive Oil Price Formation

The Competition Commission has announced the completion of two comprehensive research studies…

Spain Fines I.C.O.N. €1.2 Million for Long-Running Anticompetitive Practices

Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has fined I.C.O.N. Europe…

France Launches Assessment of AURA and CONCORDIS Purchasing Alliances

The Competition Authority has initiated a competitive assessment procedure pursuant to Article…

Romania Raises Concerns Over Schwarz Group’s Acquisition of La Cocoș

The Romanian Competition Council has identified several competition concerns regarding the Schwarz…