{"id":169637,"date":"2025-03-19T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169637&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:10:56","slug":"kyushu-cgc-warned-over-retail-price-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-cgc-warned-over-retail-price-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu CGC Warned Over Retail Price Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu CGC, a Fukuoka-based wholesaler supplying over 650 stores in Kyushu and Okinawa, received a warning from Japan\u2019s Fair Trade Commission for suggesting minimum retail prices on private-label goods, potentially violating antitrust laws. Since at least April 2021, the company encouraged supermarkets to maintain prices above certain thresholds, limiting competition and consumer price options. The FTC flagged this as suspected resale price maintenance. Kyushu CGC apologized and pledged to strengthen compliance. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jftc.go.jp\/houdou\/pressrelease\/2025\/mar\/250318_kyusyu_daigo_okinawa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Fair Trade Commission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250318\/5010027462.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169571\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_cgc_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C796&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu CGC Warned Over Retail Price Restrictions\" width=\"1400\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_cgc_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_cgc_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_cgc_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_cgc_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu CGC, a Fukuoka-based wholesaler supplying over 650 stores in Kyushu and Okinawa, received a warning from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169637","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}