Temu hit with German antitrust complaint

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The Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) has filed a complaint with the Bundeskartellamt against the bargain app Temu. The allegation: According to HDE, the trading platform located in China puts pressure on sellers and disregards applicable competition law. Handelsverband criticizes price specifications In this way, suppliers selling through Temu are not allowed to freely sell their products. According to HDE, the Chinese are supposed to demand tha…

Chinese online marketplaces could push even more aggressively into the German market in the future. Trade associations therefore demand that customs regulations also be changed in the EU.

The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) today took a position in the dispute between 1&1 and the Vodafone Group. According to the authority's preliminary assessment, Vodafone and its mobile tower subsidiary Vantage Towers have violated antitrust law in obstructing the network operator 1&1 in the development of its mobile network. The core of the problem lies in... Read the article: Federal Cartel Office accuses Vodafone and Vantage Towers o…

The Antitrust has launched an investigation against Man Project S.r.l. which sells clothing under the Coveri Tailor brand. The Authority makes it known, explaining that “the company sells garments produced in Tunisia and already exported with a price tag with two prices, one of which, the highest, is crossed out.” According to the Authority, they are therefore products, right from the start, for sale in outlets at a lower price. This method of s…

The Handelsverband Deutschland has filed a complaint against the online retailer Temu. He speaks of "anti-trust behaviour".