Who’s Afraid of the Internet? Time to Put Consumer Interests at the Heart of Competition

Stephen Kinsella, Hanne Melin, Mar 12, 2009

The on-going review of the Vertical Restraints Regulation (“VRR”) has brought to the surface a conflict between traditional retail models where the consumer takes a back seat and modern ways of retailing where the consumer is given greater freedom to select the right product at the right price. So far, the important debate about how vertical restraints should be regula