PORTUGAL RETAILERS FEAR IMPACT OF NEW SPECIAL OFFER BAN
February 1st, 2014
The Association of Portuguese Distributors (APED) has warned that a controversial new law effectively banning supermarket discounts will harm consumers, food suppliers and retailers. APED president Ana Isabel Trigo Morais said that the “negative impacts” of the law would cause price rises. And she warned that its text was “confusing” and would be “impossible to apply”. As a result, it “will be highly damaging to the existing relations between suppliers and retailers.”The legislation, which came into force on Tuesday (25/2) tries to define illegal ...
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