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Restricting online resale prices: CMA letter to suppliers and retailers

Open letter to suppliers and retailers about resale price maintenance (RPM) and compliance with competition law.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 21 June 2016
• Last updated: 20 June 2017 — See all updates

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Open letter to retailers and suppliers

PDF, 273 KB, 3 pages

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In June 2017 and in May 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority announced it had fined businesses in separate cases for restricting retailers’ ability to sell their products online at independently determined prices.

This letter gives detail on different kinds of practices that can amount to illegal resale price maintenance (RPM) which include the use of ‘minimum advertised price’ or MAP policies. It also warns suppliers and retailers that they can both face serious consequences for engaging in illegal RPM.

Published 21 June 2016
Last updated 20 June 2017 + show all updates

1. 20 June 2017

   Open letter updated with light fittings RPM case information.

2. 21 June 2016

   First published.