Webshops owned by famous brands like G-Star, Tommy Hilfiger, Leen Bakker, and JYSK have been fined because they had fake discount promotions, according to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). The discounted price did not show the correct former price, the market regulator stated. This is considered as deception because the discount is not as much as people think or does not exist at all. The biggest fine was given to the company behind the website koopjedeal.nl, which had to pay 163,000 euros. All the money punishments added up to 621,000 euros.
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. David Higbee (Global Head of Antitrust) and Dominic Long (Global Deputy Head.
Left-wing opposition party GroenLinks-PvdA and new right-wing coalition party NSC want to give the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) more power to prevent the decrease in the quality of healthcare by stopping unwanted takeovers by private equity investors.
People in the Netherlands have paid more to send mail in the last few years, but the delivery quality has worsened, said the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in its yearly Post and Packages Monitor. The regulator said they received many complaints about post and packages being delivered too late or carelessly. At the same time, the Cabinet said on Friday that mail may no longer have to be delivered most of the time within 24 hours starting next year.
People in the Netherlands have paid more to send mail in the last few years, but the delivery quality has worsened, said the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in its yearly Post and Packages Monitor. The regulator said they received many complaints about post and packages being delivered too late or carelessly. At the same time, the Cabinet said on Friday that mail may no longer have to be delivered most of the time within 24 hours starting next year.