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Watch manufacturers Citizen, Swatch face retail price-fixing probe in Italy

( December 9, 2025, 19:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Watch manufacturers Citizen and Swatch, along with their parent companies, are facing two antitrust probes in Italy over suspected coordination of online retail prices displayed by authorized distributors. According to the Italian watchdog, both groups applied retaliatory commercial measures against distributors that didn’t comply. The authority, assisted by the financial police, carried out dawn raids on Dec. 3 at the companies’ premises in Italy. Citizen also distributes Bulova, Vagary, Frédérique Constant and Alpina; Swatch likewise distributes Tissot, Mido and Hamilton.Press release follows. The decisions, in Italian, are attached....

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