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Japan's Seki Furniture wholesaler under investigation for office-chair resale price maintenance

By Toko Sekiguchi ( September 26, 2023, 06:10 GMT | Insight) -- Seki Furniture, Japan’s largest furniture wholesaler, has been raided by competition authorities over suspicions it engaged in the resale price maintenance of imported office chairs, during the rising demand for home-office use during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Okawa-based company was raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for allegedly pressuring retailers to sell office chairs from the popular Taiwanese brand Ergohuman at set prices.Japan’s largest furniture wholesaler Seki Furniture has been raided by competition authorities over its suspected engagement in resale price maintenance on imported office chairs, amid rising demand for home-office use during the Covid-19 pandemic....

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