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[Nicholas Bohm]

At 13:14 18/03/2003 +0000, Ian G Batten wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Nicholas Bohm wrote:
>
> > Resale price maintenance was what Governments legislated against (after
> > quite some havering as conflicting interests fought it 
> out):  manufacturers
> > tried to prevent shops selling their goods at a discount, and the
> > Government tried to stop the manufacturers trying.  The middle classes 
> were
> > as keen as anyone to get their goods at a discount, and I don't think they
> > tried (or now try) to help the manufacturers keep their prices up.
>
>Oh, I didn't realise that.  I know my father speaks of Heath `ending',
>but I got the impression it was by repealing an existing system, not by
>preventing a cartel (or whatever).  What was the legislation that ended
>it?

The Resale Price Maintenance Act, I think, but of what year I cannot now 
remember - possibly 1963 (the Macmillan Government, but Heath was probably 
at the DTI or its then predecessor).

What it did was make unlawful the contracts under which manufacturers had 
imposed on retailers an obligation not to sell below the minimum price they 
laid down, and the practice of withholding supplies from infringing retailers.

Regards

Nicholas

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