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Article: FTC searches Yamada Denki offices.
- Article from:
- Yomiuri Shimbun
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
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May 10--TOKYO -- The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday searched offices of Yamada Denki Co., the nation's largest chain of large-scale appliance and electronics retailers, on suspicion that it forced suppliers to provide workers, in violation of the Antimonopoly Law.
The FTC believes the Maebashi-based company illegally forced manufacturers and other suppliers to provide staff to work as de facto sales clerks in its stores. The FTC searched for evidence in the chain's head office in the capital of Gunma Prefecture and some branches.
The FTC suspected that the company violated a clause of the law which prohibits a firm from abusing its dominant status in ...