French Lessons
The KPPU suspects that Carrefour's acquisition of Alfa Retailindo violates the anti-monopoly laws. By controlling Alfa, the French retail giant is perceived to be pressuring suppliers. But any penalty incurred would be deemed light.
April 14, 2009
SIX hundred suppliers of goods to supermarkets and hypermarkets crowded the Kelapa Gading Sports Club, in Jakarta, on Friday afternoon in March. They complained about the increasingly tougher trading terms of modern markets to Gunaryo, Director of Market & Distribution Development, Department of Trade. Also present at the event was Head of the Indonesian Retail Business Association (Aprindo) Benjamin Mailool, Daily Head of Aprindo Tutum Rahanta,
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