In recent times, online retail or e-commerce has substantially reshaped the shopping experience of customers. The E-commerce industry in India is expected to reach the $100-billion mark by Financial year 2020, owing to increasing internet usage, discounting and investment by online retailers. Modes of E-Commerce Transaction E-commerce transactions could either be Business to Business (B2B) […]
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Organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry on 27th September 2014 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Noida. Key Points I spoke about in the Session on Practice and Procedure Powers of the DG to issue notice Suo-moto in the Automobile Manufacturer’s case – the Competition Act provides for DG to step into the shoes of CCI and that it shall have all
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Competition Concerns – A Viewpoint : Exclusive distribution agreements tend to reduce intra-brand competition while refusing access to the market at large. Certain Branding agreements do not operate with the objective of restricting competition unless the supplier’s market position enables him to prevent other competitors from selling (as elaborated in EU Vertical Guidelines). Vertical agreements
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The order was passed on March 27, 2014 DG submitted its report. CCI alleged inter alia non-cooperation by Google in the pending investigations. In June 2012, CUTS filed a formal complaint against Google’s unethical and anti-competitive business practices with the CCI on June 6, 2012. This was the second formal complaint against Google. Other cases
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There are times the telecom regulator (TRAI) is reactive or inactive and other times proactive. Proactivity was on display when spectrum auctioning took centre stage and TRAI came up with its thundering pricing of spectrum last week on 11th May,2010. SPECTRUM PRICING In related recommendations, TRAI stated that existing firms will be charged market rates
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Read More: Brief Summary. ( To read the full post click here ). Over the past two decades, the Telecom sector in India has emerged as a highly competitive and lucrative sector. In the initial phase of the sector’s growth, telecom operators were seen competing for increasing their teledensities. However, with the advent of next-gen
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