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BMW Japan vows to draft dealership sales target guidelines in antitrust settlement

By Toko Sekiguchi ( March 12, 2021, 09:10 GMT | Insight) -- BMW Japan offered to draft a set of guidelines over its dealership sales target and halt its current practice of setting unrealistic goals, which the Japan Fair Trade Commission deemed may be an abuse of its superior bargaining position over its car dealers. Today’s announcement marks an unusual case where the regulator has drawn out broad business practice changes from the company under investigation, underscoring the wide range of behavioral remedies the JFTC may demand from future settlements.BMW Japan offered to draft a set of guidelines over its dealership sales target and halt its current practice of setting unrealistic goals, which the Japan Fair Trade Commission deemed may be an abuse of its superior bargaining position over its car dealers....

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