Luxury goods, online marketplaces & a heated antitrust debate
The campaign by German antitrust authorities against luxury goods manufacturers that ban the use of online marketplaces such as Amazon.com and eBay is under threat, with an opinion prepared for the EU\u2019s highest court suggesting such restrictions should be allowed. This would mean allow the makers of top-shelf products to continue deciding which platforms can carry their goods. \n\nListen in as MLex Senior Correspondent Matthew Newman and Brussels Managing Editor James Panichi discuss the non-binding court opinion and examine the debate raging across Europe over whether luxury goods producers should be allowed to defend their brands\u2019 reputation \u2013 even at the expense of competition concerns.