Vuitton JPN's "inappropriate & threatening behavior

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LVMH accused of anti-competitive practices
Channel News Asia, Singapore -10 mARCH
The complaint, filed in Tokyo Tuesday, alleges LVMH [Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton] engaged in inappropriate and threatening behavior by exerting pressure on common business partners in Japan ... ...MORE...
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NYT: LVMH Returns Coach's Fire

In its statement, which was unsigned and read by a spokeswoman in New York, LVMH said it had "no information other than what has appeared in the press. LVMH notes it has been active in Japan for more than 40 years," the statement said, "and not only have its commercial practices there never been criticized in any way whatsoever, indeed, they are regularly praised." Without naming Coach, LVMH then aimed a barb at its competitor. Saying it would vigorously defend itself, LVMH said it "can only question the motivation of the firm that filed this complaint, which is known to manufacture most of its products in regions with cheap labor."

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Why don't Japanese women pay for themselves?

Because they have to buy Louis Viotton bags with the money they earned as porn actresses.

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Businessweek: Coach confident about Japan complaint
APR. 6 5:20 A.M. ET Coach has a good chance of winning a complaint filed with anti-monopoly authorities in Japan that accuses European rival Louis Vuitton of blocking its business in the lucrative market, the U.S. bag-maker's chief executive said Wednesday. "What we want to ensure is fair play," Lew Frankfort, chief executive and chairman, said while in Tokyo to promote a charity concert. "We believe it's inappropriate for another brand to interfere with consumers' rights to purchase products."...more...

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Bloomberg: Coach Will Buy Japan Stake
Coach Inc., the largest U.S. seller of luxury leather goods, will buy the 50 percent of Coach Japan Inc. it doesn't own for $300 million from Sumitomo Corp. The shares rose 5.5 percent after the company increased its profit forecast for the year. Third-quarter net income climbed 53 percent to $89.2 million, or 23 cents a share, helped by sales in its own stores and in Japan. Sales in the period ended April 2 jumped 33 percent to $415.9 million, the New York-based company said today in a statement. Revenue at Coach Japan climbed 35 percent and the company plans to double sales in the country over the next four years to about $757 million...more...

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