On-site inspection of cartels or major department stores at school clothes sales price September 18th 17:47
The Fair Trade Commission entered a major department store on the suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, as it had a cartel that unreasonably raised the price of school uniforms at prefectural high schools in Aichi Prefecture.
The major department stores “Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store” and several uniform distributors in Aichi Prefecture have undergone on-site inspections.
According to officials, each company is suspected of having a cartel that unreasonably raised the price of school uniforms in five prefectural high schools in Toyota, Aichi.
Each company is suspected of having had a cartel over and over for several years, so the Fair Trade Commission assumed that it had sold more than 300 million yen in at least three years, and went through on-site inspections for suspected violations of antitrust laws. I'm investigating the background.
The Fair Trade Commission strengthened monitoring by pointing out that the price of school uniforms was rising in a questionnaire survey for public schools conducted two years ago.
Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store commented, “We will take this situation with solemnity and sincerity and cooperate fully in the inspection”.