Luxottica Japan settles resale price maintenance probe (update*)
By Genta Nakanishi ( August 6, 2026, 06:30 GMT | Insight) -- Luxottica Japan settled a probe into suspected resale price maintenance involving Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses after Japan's competition regulator approved the company's commitment plan without finding a violation of the Antimonopoly Act. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Thursday that Luxottica Japan will discontinue the suspected conduct, strengthen its antitrust compliance program and appoint an independent monitor to oversee implementation for five years. Luxottica Japan has settled a probe into suspected resale price maintenance involving Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses after Japan’s competition regulator approved the company's commitment plan without finding a violation of the Antimonopoly Act....
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