Commission opens investigation into possible collusion by two French retailers in a purchasing alliance

EC, here. 

Rapprochements à l'achat dans le secteur de la grande distribution à dominante alimentaire: L'Autorité de la concurrence renforce ses investigations et ouvre des enquêtes

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The E-Scraper and E-Monopsony

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Supermärkte sollen ihre Einkaufspreise offenlegen

FAZ, hier.

New regulations for the grocery sector now in force in Ireland

CCPC, here. 

How Age UK pocketed £6m bung from E.ON and pushed expensive power deals to OAPs

TheSun, here. 

Bedingungen für Lieferanten: Kartellamt unterliegt im Streit mit Edeka

Spiegel.de, hier.

OLG Düsseldorf, VI – Kart 6/14 (V), hier.

Stellungnahmen zur Sektoruntersuchung Nachfragemacht im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier. 

Die Sektoruntersuchung des Bundeskartellamts zur Nachfragemacht im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel – Ein Kommentar aus ökonomischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, S. Thorwarth, C. Wey, hier. 

Négociations fournisseurs-distributeurs : sans accord, les amendes vont pleuvoir

LaTribune.fr, ici. 

Alliances entre distributeurs: le gouvernement saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence

Boursorama, ici. 

"Why are you searching here for your lost keys? Because there is light here": Reflections on Competition Policy in Europe

J. Fingleton, Video here. Speech notes here. 

Ecuador: Nuevas reglas para los supermercados

Pbplaw, aquí.

The Devil is in the Retail

A. Italiener, here.

{Of course, with less concentration on both the supplier and retailer sides of the market we could've had, possibly, higher levels of innovation and better choice for consumers. How do you measure that?}

The economic impact of modern retail on choice and innovation in the EU food sector

European Commission, Final Report, here. Press Release, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Lebensmitteleinzelhandel

Bundeskartellamt, hier. Übersicht über die Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen hier.

“Special responsibility” through clear-cut market share threshold — Proposed new assessment criterion for addressing dominance in Finnish grocery retail sector

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here. 

Scott Turow on Penguin Random House

Blog.authorsguild.org, here. 

Random House and Penguin merge to take on Amazon, Apple

Reuters.com, here. 

Buyer Power and Suppliers' Incentives to Innovate

C. Koehler, C. Rammer, here.