The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal: Exchange of information on prices, discounts and quantities in relation to future sales between retailers of clothing items was illegal

The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal has upheld two separate decisions of the Danish Competition Council concerning HUGO BOSS NORDIC ApS (HUGO BOSS) and Axel Kaufmann ApS (Kaufmann) and HUGO BOSS, Ginsborg ApS and Ginsborg Frederiksberg Centret ApS (Ginsborg) respectively. The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal agreed that the parties’ exchange of information on prices, discounts and quantities in relation to future sales constituted a violation of Section 6 of the Danish Competition Act and TFEU article 101.