The Japan Fair Trade Commission applied its commitment procedure, an administrative measure, to ルックスオティカジャパン for preventing retailers from discounting popular Ray-Ban and Oakley products. The JFTC recognized the effectiveness of measures to prevent recurrence and will monitor their implementation for the next 5 years.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission applied its commitment procedure, an administrative measure under which a company presents a remedial plan and its implementation is monitored, to ルックスオティカジャパン after finding that preventing retailers from discounting products from the popular sunglasses brands Ray-Ban and Oakley could violate the Antimonopoly Act. Under the measure, the company will not be found to have violated the Antimonopoly Act, but the JFTC will confirm implementation of the measures over the next 5 years.
The company is the Japanese subsidiary of the EssilorLuxottica Group. Since at least around April 2024, it had instructed retailers selling Ray-Ban and Oakley products at wholesale not to sell them below the suggested retail price. It had also asked retailers to refrain from selling new products online for 6 months. The company had more than 1,000 wholesale customers, and instructions were often delivered orally by sales representatives, according to reports.