| 2006 |
Condemned for illegal agreement between 13 perfumers, of which Chanel, Dior, the St. Laurent or Guerlain, and 3 distributors, Marionnaud, Nocibé and Sephora, so that the perfumes are sold at a flat price to the consumer in France. The suppliers set up a "police force" which set up controls, put pressures and threatened retailers which wanted to sell at a lowere prices to commercial reprisals. Thus, the consumer found his branded perfume at various retailers at the same price and could not benefit from a fair competition. Total fine of 29 million euros. |
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