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Battle of the brands  as waged in Brussels and Bonn Second-tier brands are looking to competition regulators for salvation in the age of e-commerce. Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersA worker walks in a alley of an Amazon s distribution center | Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty ImagesNovember 6 stanley cup , 201810:36 am CETBy Simon Van DorpeUnless you have a killer brand name like Harrods in London or Victorinox Swiss army knives, the shift to online shopping could well spell potential ruin.So it s little surprise that smaller retailers and lesser-known brands are rushing to competition authorities for their salvation as platforms such as Amazon and eBay establish themselves as the new masters of the game.There are two major competition battlefields in European e- stanley official website commerce, where the ultimate outcome is still up in the air.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe first competition concern is whether brands should be allowed to preserve their high-end cachet by blocking their products from sale on the big platforms. The second is whether the platforms are unfairly using their bulging caches of data to tilt the playing field to their adv stanley cup antage over small shops and distributors.The little guys are pinning their hopes on the two powerhouses of European antitrust聽enforcement 鈥?EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager in Brussels and her German counterpart Andreas Mundt.Antitrust arguments will certainly play a role in Wtbe Europol deputy director
Misleading researchStudy used by Commission has unravelled.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJuly 7, 20109:30 pm CETThe trade department is one of four Commission departments that were asked to assess the environmental risks and benefits of using biofuel. When the trade departments study came out in March, re stanley mug leased because of a freedom-of information request, biofuel appeared to have been given a clean bill of health. The study produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute  IFPRI  in Washington, DC, suggested that the use of biofuel does save carbon emissions. But the work, which has been described by its authors as  a state-of the art simulation of the real world , has unravelled. At least three of the assumptions underpinning the results appear to be flawed.  I cannot say that the policymakers should use these figures to make legislation,  said David Laborde, a research fellow at IFPRI who co-authored the work.  The range of uncertainty is too large.  AdvertisementAdvertisementProblematic assumptions The first problem is the studys assumption that first-generation biofuel would account for 5.6% of road transport fuel in 2020. This assumption was used at the insistence of the Commissions energy department, although other departments  gourde stanley viewed it as a  heroic  assumption that went against an agreement by all Commission departments to model a 7% contribution from first-generation biofuel. Crucially, 5.6% c stanley thermos an be achieved only