Resale price maintenance in South African competition law

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dc.contributor.advisorKelly, Luke
dc.contributor.advisorDavis, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorSpangler, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-26T07:06:06Z
dc.date.available2026-03-26T07:06:06Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2026-03-24T09:57:57Z
dc.description.abstractResale Price Maintenance (‘RPM') refers to a particular type of vertical agreement in which an upstream firm controls or restricts the price at which a downstream firm can on-sell its product or service, typically to final consumers.1 Usually the parties agree to set either a minimum or maximum resale price. Maximum RPM covers those situations in which an upper limit or ceiling is placed on the price the retailer can charge for a product. In contrast, when it comes to minimum RPM, a lower bound or floor is placed on the price at which the retailer can on-sell the product.2 Fixing the minimum resale price is generally treated more strictly by competition law as it is considered to have more severe anti-competitive effects, for example the elimination or reduction of intra-brand competition and an increase in price transparency that might facilitate horizontal collusion upstream or downstream.
dc.identifier.apacitationSpangler, S. (2011). <i>Resale price maintenance in South African competition law</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSpangler, Simon. <i>"Resale price maintenance in South African competition law."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSpangler, S. 2011. Resale price maintenance in South African competition law. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Spangler, Simon AB - Resale Price Maintenance (‘RPM') refers to a particular type of vertical agreement in which an upstream firm controls or restricts the price at which a downstream firm can on-sell its product or service, typically to final consumers.1 Usually the parties agree to set either a minimum or maximum resale price. Maximum RPM covers those situations in which an upper limit or ceiling is placed on the price the retailer can charge for a product. In contrast, when it comes to minimum RPM, a lower bound or floor is placed on the price at which the retailer can on-sell the product.2 Fixing the minimum resale price is generally treated more strictly by competition law as it is considered to have more severe anti-competitive effects, for example the elimination or reduction of intra-brand competition and an increase in price transparency that might facilitate horizontal collusion upstream or downstream. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Resale price KW - South African KW - competition law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Resale price maintenance in South African competition law TI - Resale price maintenance in South African competition law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSpangler S. Resale price maintenance in South African competition law. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool For Advanced Legal Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectResale price
dc.subjectSouth African
dc.subjectcompetition law
dc.titleResale price maintenance in South African competition law
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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