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St.Anton Ski Shops fined for price fixing (inc. Ski Hire)

St.Anton Ski Shops fined for price fixing (inc. Ski Hire)

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Started by Admin in Austria - 1 Reply

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Admin posted Jun-2015

In news that will surprise exactly no-one, ORF.at is reporting that four shops in St.Anton have been fined a total of €419,200.

The full article (in German) is here :- http://tirol.orf.at/news/stories/2713543/

Google Translate wrote:Four sports shops in St. Anton am Arlberg have been sentenced to fines in the total amount of 419,200 euros on account of illegal collusion over twelve years. The judgment of the Cartel Court fell on April 28, it is legally binding.

Due to this reason, if present are further inquiries into sporting goods and ski and winter tourism in the running, the Federal Competition Authority (BWB) of the APA said on Friday.
Agreements in goods and services

The companies were accused of anti-competitive price-fixing in winter sports equipment and related services, such as rental and servicing of skis taken. In addition, the company had the market by "Nichtabwerbevereinbarungen" divided and prohibited recommendations.

As the BWB announced on its website, was against the company "Sport Pangratz & Ess GmbH" a fine in the amount of 144,000 euros, against "Alber Sport GmbH" 136,000 euros, against "Sport Jennewein Martin eU" 128,000 Euro and against the company "Sport Fauner GmbH & Co KG" imposed a fine in the amount of 11,200 euros.

The defendants incidents occurred between 1 July 2002 and March 4, 2014. The Company and the office parties waived an appeal, the decision is now final.
The Admin Man

Dave Mac
reply to 'St.Anton Ski Shops fined for price fixing (inc. Ski Hire)' posted Jun-2015

I mentioned this on J2ski in early 2010. I could guess, but not ascertain, why, no matter which hire shop you looked at on line, (including going through skiset), the bottom line price always ended up at exactly the same bottom line price. Top line prices and discount elements varied, but every shop ended up with the same price.

As is my norm, I found out the pub most frequently used by locals, and quickly made friends with a lift man, Bernie. After a couple of nights, I asked the question. as to the reason.

The answer was that one extended family had, over the years, bought up all the ski hire shops in the area.

Edited 1 time. Last update at 04-Jun-2015

Topic last updated on 04-June-2015 at 23:53