‘Non-genuine’ agency dealer contracts, which combine traditional distribution and the agency model, risk breaking EU antitrust laws, says European retailer trade group CECRA. Such hybrid contracts...

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DO AGENCY AGREEMENTS BREAK EU ANTITRUST RULES? LOOKERS REPAYS FURLOUGH – BUT NOT BUSINESS RATES TOOMEY PROFIT DOUBLES WOMEN NETWORK ‘GROW’ LAUNCHED TO HELP RETAILERS CARVANA CONSUMER...

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Research suggests more than 250 million connected cars will be on the global road network by the end of the decade, allowing for new in-vehicle services and business models. Telematics will...

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Franchised retailers will have to rely on legislation from the European Commission to clamp down on unfair trading practices after ACEA, the organisation that represents European car manufacturers,...

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The European Commission has declared it will move to regulate the relationship between retailers and manufacturers if the two parties do not agree on a code of conduct by the end of the year....

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Long before there was a European Union, we had a concept called the ‘common market’. Whether you believe it to be a good thing or not, the grand idea is that the whole of Europe should...

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