- The Slippery Slope of Price Fixing - E commerce Times 01/27/09
Antitrust laws have protected Americans from price fixing between manufacturers and retailers. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, however, eliminated that protection, opening the door to possible price abuse and market manipulation. The bottom line is that the consumer does not benefit. - Minimum-Price Foes to Use eBay in Effort - Wall Street Journal
Hoping to roll back a Supreme Court decision that allows manufacturers to set minimum prices on products, opponents launched a campaign that will include use of eBay Inc.'s popular Web site to garner consumer support. - Discounters, Monitors Face Battle on Minimum Pricing - Wall Street Journal
group of major discounters, including eBay Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp., is expected Thursday to call for new laws blocking manufacturers from setting minimum prices on everything from flat-screen TVs to power drills. That move could ratchet up a battle between retailers and a little-known but powerful industry that's taken off in just the past year. - Group Hits Manufacturers' Minimum Pricing - Wall Street Journal
Opponents of a Supreme Court ruling last year that allows manufacturers to establish minimum prices for retail goods are meeting in Washington on Thursday to plot ways to negate the decision. - Why Some Toys Don't Get Discounted - Wall Street Journal, Dec 24, 2008
Manufacturers Set Price Minimums That Retailers Must Follow or Risk Getting Cut Off; Shopping Around for 'Rock Band 2' - Sen. Kohl's remarks on the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act
Read Sen. Herb Kohl's remarks on price fixing, and how it affects millions of consumers. December 23, 2008 - Price-Fixing Makes Comeback After Supreme Court Ruling
Manufacturers are embracing broad new legal powers that amount to a type of price-fixing -- enabling them to set minimum prices on their products and force retailers to refrain from discounting.
- E-retailers say they are being forced to raise prices by manufacturers
A big reason why online retailers have taken market share from stores is that web merchants have lower overhead and can offer lower prices. At least one retail chain is fighting back by pressuring manufacturers to insist that e-retailers not sell below the manufacturer�s suggested retail prices, according to a lawsuit by e-retailers BabyAge.com and BabyCatalog.com
- Legalized price fixing
It's amazing how American business, which sings the praises of competition, so often tries to escape market competition when it comes to its own products.
- CD price fixing and big companies like Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music- MAP pricing on CD's
The five largest music companies and three of the USA's largest music retailers agreed Monday to pay $67.4 million and distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups to settle a lawsuit led by New York and Florida over alleged price-fixing in the late 1990s.
- Samsung settles price-fixing lawsuit- made secret arrangements to raise prices of DRAM chips
Samsung Electronics Co., the world�s largest memory chip maker, agreed to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit charging the company and others with price-fixing, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
- Hasbro toys conspiring with Toys "R" Us
Nearly 24,000 toys valued at more than $191,000 will be distributed to Florida children this holiday season under an agreement settling price fixing charges against Hasbro Inc., Attorney General Bob Butterworth and Comptroller Robert Milligan announced today.
- Top U.K. Toy Retailers Fined for Price Fixing
Two of Britain's best-known toy stores, Argos and Littlewoods, were hit last week with a record $35.5 million fine for colluding to keep the price of Hasbro products artificially high.
The fines, more than $27 million against Argos and more than $8 million against Littlewoods, are the highest ever assessed by the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for violating competition laws, reported the BBC.
- Chocolate - Mars, Nestle, Kraft Foods
If you feel your Valentine's Day chocolates are not such a sweet deal this year, you are not alone. Regulators are investigating price fixing among candy makers in at least three different countries.
- De Beers plead guilty in price fixing case - $10 million fine
De Beers pleaded guilty in a 10-year-old price-fixing case Tuesday and was fined $10 million fine as part of an agreement that would clear the way for the diamond giant to resume selling diamonds directly in the lucrative U.S. market.
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