Commissioner Vestager announces proposal for e-commerce sector inquiry

Press Release, here.
Only around 15% of European citizens "bought online from a seller based in another EU Member State. This indicates that significant cross-border barriers to e-commerce still exist within the EU. For example, technical barriers, such as geo-blocking, may prevent consumers from accessing certain websites on the basis of their residence or credit-card details".

CMA seeks information on online reviews and endorsements

Here.

Why the Print Catalog Is Back in Style

HBR, here.

"instead of sending every customer his brand’s largest book, he looks for frequent website visitors and asks, 'Can I only send her 50 pages, or 20, as a reminder of, ‘Oh, I’ve got to go to the website’?”

Vertical Restraints In Electronic Commerce: An Economic Perspective

Lear Competition Note, here. 

Vertical Restraints for On-Line Sales

P. Buccirossi, here (Note submitted to the OECD Competition Committee).

Foursquare checks in to more revenue with credit card specials

Cnet.com, here. 

Malleable malls: Shopping centres are proving well-suited to the digital age

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Enquête sectorielle sur le commerce électronique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici (jolie définition: "concurrence sur et par Internet", v. communiqué de presse, ici)

Vertical Antitrust Enforcement: Transatlantic Perspectives on Restrictions of Online Distribution under EU and U.S. Competition Laws

G. Accardo, here. 

EU Commission: A coherent framework for building trust in the Digital Single Market for e-commerce and online services

Communication here, and Staff Working Paper here.