Last month, the FTC revived a long-dormant anti-monopoly law to take on the nation’s largest wine and spirits distributor.

Economists call this “price discrimination”. You might be surprised to know that sometimes it can often be good for consumers. In other cases, it’s good for sellers. And whatever we think ...

On December 12, 2024, following a nearly two-year-long investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated its first litigation under ...

While price discrimination undoubtedly increases a company’s profits, it also enhances overall consumer welfare.

It might be argued that because hospitals initially bill all of their patients at their chargemaster prices, they do not engage in "price discrimination" the practice of charging different ...

This month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed its much-anticipated lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC ...

The agency's complaint alleges the alcohol distributor has withheld volume discounts to smaller retailers while favoring ...

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits alleging the beverage distributor engaged in anticompetitive and unlawful price discrimination by favoring ...

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits is the 10th-largest privately held company in the U.S., generating about $26 billion in ...

"Alcohol distributors face numerous regulations that dictate how they compete and can price and discount products, and Southern Glazer’s complies with those legal requirements," the company said.