Case and date decided

Market

Public detriment

Public benefit

Outcome

Tooltechnic (July 2018)

Power tools

Eliminate discounting (some customers pay more)

Accepted: Address free riding resulting in better quality services and increasing service‐based competition

Allowed to stand

Meredith Dairy (June
2019)

Speciality cheese

Increased prices to consumers

No public benefit claims accepted

Efficiently managing incidents of loss‐leader selling, ensuring reputation as a price point and producing margins that would facilitate reinvestment into the business rejected as public benefits

Revoked

HP PPS (October 2019)

Technology (computers and related)

None identified

Improved customer experience

Promotion of competition with suppliers of HP and other brands

Allowed to stand

HP PPS (October 2020)

Technology (computers and related)

None identified

Improved customer experience

Promotion of competition with suppliers of HP and other brands

Allowed to stand

Stanley Black & Decker (June 2020)

Power tools

Reduced intra‐brand price competition and increased prices for Dewalt and competing products

Reduced inter‐brand competition

Accepted: increasing consumer choice where dealers can sell more Dewalt products without deranging other brands

Rejected: levelling the playing field to supporting smaller, independent dealers and introducing more innovation

Revoked

Weldclass (Draft Notice, February 2020)

Power tools

Elimination of intra‐brand price competition resulting in increased prices for consumers

Reduced price pressures on competitors resulting in higher prices for competing products

Reduced product range reducing consumer choice

Accepted: Increasing number and viability of fullservice retailers

Accepted: Eliminating risk of future free riding that would incentivise increased service levels (noting no current evidence of free riding)

Proposal to revoke