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...retaliation, the government shut down mobile networks, and for perhaps the first time since the June 12 presidential election, the Internet was disconnected for several hours late Tuesday night. But protests appear to be coordinated and to be taking other forms apart from street action: on Tuesday, for example, thousands of disgruntled Tehranis tried to bring down the electrical grid at 9 p.m. by simultaneously turning on household appliances like irons, water heaters and toasters. Streets lights in the eastern suburb of Tehran Pars reportedly went off shortly after this, but electricity was not interrupted in central Tehran. (Read...
...that it will produce a better product because of increased profits. Thus, the consumer ultimately benefits. Babies "R" Us can argue that its higher sales can pay for in-store services - i.e., stroller demonstrations, gift registries - that would not otherwise be possible absent the minimum-pricing agreements with its Internet competitors. Again, the consumer would benefit. (See which businesses are bucking the recession...
...high chairs; and Britax, which sells car seats and strollers - come across as weak accomplices in the scheme, which Brody distinctly labels a "conspiracy." For example, Brody writes that effective Feb. 1, 2000, "pursuant to the conspiracy, Regal Lager and BabyBjörn vigorously enforced resale-price maintenance against Internet retailers, gave BRU preferential treatment and stopped opening Internet accounts. During this period, BRU accounted for most of Regal Lager's business. Its founder, Bengt Lager, said about BRU, 'It's hard to say no when they have over 50% of our business...
...According to the opinion, an executive from BabyAge, an Internet retailer, testified that "Peg Perego's sales representative admitted that Babies 'R' Us threatened to charge Peg Perego for each new sale that BabyAge made unless Peg Perego made BabyAge stop discounting." In spring 2002, Babies "R" Us was unhappy that Internet retailers were discounting Medela breast pumps. So "to send a message," according to the opinion, Babies "R" Us canceled all Medela orders on May 2, 2002. Backed into a corner, Medela terminated 17 Internet accounts two months later. The reason, according to an internal Medela document: "We discontinued...
...class-certification hearing, an economist provided a regression analysis showing that the overall sales of the manufacturers actually decreased because of the agreements. Britax, for example, admitted that sales fell 5% in the two months after Internet discounting was prohibited. As for Babies "R" Us' argument that preventing competitor discounts allowed it to increase sales and thus fund services valued by consumers, Brody's opinion notes that the plaintiffs "offered evidence that manufacturers had to pay for many services directly. Each manufacturer paid fees reimbursing BRU for advertisements and promotions." Further, the opinion notes that the defense's expert economist...