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Office for Fair Trading to look into consumer retail protection

Action is being taken by The Office for Fair Trading, looking into how online retailers use software and data to target shoppers with personalised prices. In a bid to protect consumers often targeted by retailers with personalised online shopping offers, the OFT says, ‘Some businesses monitor consumer behaviour online, collecting and recording...

Fashion

Sports Direct cleared by OFT

Competition regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has decided that Sports Direct’s minority shares in Blacks Leisure does not go against competition rules. FashionUnited reported last month that the OFT was investigating Sport’s Direct’s stake in Blacks Leisure but after considering whether a relevant merger situation had been created as a...