Rakuten's “Free Shipping” Kotori “Judge by seeing the actual situation” February 19, 18:28
Investigating on a suspicion of antitrust violations that Rakuten is asking the store to charge a fee that includes `` shipping costs '' in order to free shipping when purchasing more than a certain amount on the online shopping site One Fair Trade Commission reiterated its policy of judging whether there is any unreasonable disadvantage.
Rakuten has a policy of free shipping if you purchase more than a certain amount of goods at the online shopping site `` Rakuten Ichiba '' from next month, but the Fair Trade Commission said that `` abuse of superior status prohibited by antitrust law We are investigating as suspected. "
In response, Rakuten President Hiroshi Mikitani has stated a policy of free shipping as scheduled by introducing a rate system that includes “shipping included” that is easy for consumers to understand.
In addition, he stated that he was not telling the store owner to "adjust the price, including the shipping cost, so that it would not be an abuse of dominant position."
At a press conference on the 19th, Secretary-General Shuichi Sugahisa of the Fair Trade Commission declined to say that this was a general theory, and said, `` When judging whether or not to abuse superior status, it is not a formal notation. Judgment is based on the actual facts. Judgment is based on the specific facts as to whether it is unfairly disadvantaged. "