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I understand the chain of incentives, but I see room for it being legislated away as anti-consumer.

• midoridensha 4y ago
  There's no shortage of brands of outdoor clothing. If you don't like North Face's high prices (enforced by contract to be only sold at MSRP), you're free to buy from countless other brands, some high-end, others not. The same is true for Apple: there's dozens of competing phone brands. I don't see why mfgrs shouldn't be allowed to have sales and pricing agreements (contracts) with retailers so that their goods are sold in ways the mfgr approves of.
• TillE 4y ago
  That would effectively mean a law requiring companies to wholesale to anyone at the same price. That's a rather extreme intervention in a market for no clear benefit. We're really not talking about anything that can be construed as monopolistic behavior.