ComCom outlines issues facing HP s application for an anti-competitive agreement
HP aims to reinvigorate its online presence via an as-yet unnamed distributor Credit: Rob O Neill
The Commerce Commission has responded to HP s application for what it called an anti-competitive agreement authorisation in a paper outlining the preliminary issues raised.
Last month, HP asked the commission to approve a new online sales model requiring resale price maintenance .
Under the new model, the vendor would control product and marketing strategies and, in particular, specify the prices for which a third party, in this case an as yet unnamed distributor, would sell the HP products to consumers.
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