Tokyo Interior Furniture, a major furniture retailer, took advantage of its superior position over suppliers to display products without incurring expenses and to compensate for losses on products damaged in the earthquake. This was revealed in an inspection by the Fair Trade Commission.
Tokyo Interior Furniture acknowledged the facts and made a commitment to pay a total of over 160 million yen to approximately 120 business partners.
Tokyo Interior Furniture, headquartered in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, is suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Act by leveraging its superior position against its furniture manufacturers and wholesalers. In June of last year, we underwent an on-site inspection by the Fair Trade Commission.
According to the Fair Trade Commission, an inspection revealed that when Tokyo Interior Furniture opened a new store, it handed out bento boxes to employees of business partners and displayed products without paying for transportation or lodging expenses. It is also clear that when a store in the Tohoku region was damaged by an earthquake and the furniture of the product was broken, the company was made to compensate for the loss by calling it ``sponsorship money.'' It means that it has become.
``Tokyo Interior Furniture'' admitted these acts and submitted a plan to the Fair Trade Commission, committing to pay a total of over 160 million yen to approximately 120 business partners. This means that it has been recognized as a day.