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Competition & Markets Authority

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StubHub fined £900,000 by UK regulator for illegal drip pricing public
StubHub • 3 min read

StubHub fined £900,000 by UK regulator for illegal drip pricing

StubHub in the UK has been fined £900,000 for illegally employing drip pricing, where mandatory booking fees are not declared upfront and are only revealed at the end of the ticket-buying process. The secondary ticketing company insists that the drip pricing occurred because of an error on its site…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
UK regulator sets roadmap for reviewing app store payment rules public
Apple • 3 min read

UK regulator sets roadmap for reviewing app store payment rules

Last year the UK’s competition regulator closed an investigation into the Apple App Store rules that Spotify hates, but only so it could figure out how to use new powers it had been granted by Parliament. Now it’s done that, it’s proposed a roadmap for reviewing the hated rules, starting this autumn…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
UK regulator backs plan for ticket tout price cap public
Secondary Ticketing • 4 min read

UK regulator backs plan for ticket tout price cap

The UK government’s consultation on its proposal to introduce a price cap on tickets resold by touts is ongoing. The Competition & Markets Authority, which has a role in regulating the secondary ticketing market, has made its submission coming out in support of the price cap proposal…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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