Restrictive distribution
But Alex von Schirmeister, eBay France's general manager was not putting up with any such snobbery, claiming both the injunction and the fines were "an abuse of 'selective distribution,'" and that they effectively enforced "restrictive distribution contracts, which is anti-competitive."
Optimistically, Schirmeister said France's higher courts would "overturn this ruling," as eBay had done a fair bit to comply with the injunction and had also won several legal battles over similar issues in Britain, Germany, Belgium, the US and France too.
LVMH, however, stuck to its gold encrusted guns, insisting that its "selective distribution" was actually the whole reason for the brand's "worldwide success."
And here we are thinking the success was just down to rich women with bad taste buying overpriced bags. Our bad.
