In this memo, Matthew Bennett discusses the recent interest by competition authorities in vertical communications between manufacturers and retailers, and explains the dangers of conflating Recommended Retail Prices, which are relatively common and pro-competitive, with Retail Price Maintenance, which is treated as a hard-core competition law infringement in Europe.
Antitrust & Competition Year in Review 2022
Looking back on the challenges of 2022, we are grateful to our team of talented economists who worked hard to deliver creative and thoughtful analyses...