Grocery Price Inquiry Raises Restrictive Leasing Questions

Concerned about the effect that the dominance of grocery retail giants Woolworths and Coles was having on price competition in the domestic market, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched its much-anticipated Grocery Price Inquiry in 2008. Expected recommendations about grocery unit pricing and a fairer process for preventing incumbents from using planning objectives to oppose newcomers emerged from the review; interestingly, however, so did concerns about restrictive leasing practices in Australian shopping

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