RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoCarrefour says it will not sell PepsiCo goods due to price hikeswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down12
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minus-squarejimbolauski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoPrice fixing is when multiple companies collude to raise the price, companies charging more on their own is not price fixing.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoWho says they’re all doing it on their own?
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoDo you have any evidence of collusion?
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThe prices being kept in sync. Which I already said. There should be an investigation.
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoThat’s not evidence that they are working together, it’s not even enough to start an investigation.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWhat do you think would be enough evidence to start an investigation?
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoHearsay that executives discusses setting prices, or that executives met or talked before the price hike.
Price fixing is when multiple companies collude to raise the price, companies charging more on their own is not price fixing.
Who says they’re all doing it on their own?
Do you have any evidence of collusion?
The prices being kept in sync. Which I already said. There should be an investigation.
That’s not evidence that they are working together, it’s not even enough to start an investigation.
What do you think would be enough evidence to start an investigation?
Hearsay that executives discusses setting prices, or that executives met or talked before the price hike.