South Korea: Top coffee chain fined for dominance abuses (Competition Policy International)

Officials in South Korea have fined the nation’s leading coffee shop chain for abusing its market dominance against shop owners, say reports.

The Fair Trade Commission fined Caffe Bene about $185,000 for the anticompetitive conduct, the largest-ever fine issued by the FTC on franchise operators. The fines were announced Monday.

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