Patrick Industries announced a merger with its main competitor for selling components for recreational vehicles. A lawsuit alleges that it leverages market power.
Rollups
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Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity Is Taking Your Calls
Two firms control the market for telecommunications assistance for deaf people. They have extracted higher rates for this government-funded service, while denying workers a union.
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Big Business Has Come for Your Baseball Cards
Fanatics, the self-described Amazon of sports, has used long-term exclusive deals to monopolize apparel and memorabilia markets, and make its products unavoidable.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Challenge to Fashion Merger Shows a New Antitrust Philosophy in Action
The bid to block a tie-up between two fashion conglomerates goes beyond consumer prices, and looks at market competition and labor harms.
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Big Funeral Exploits Consumers Under Guise of Inflation
Reduced inflation across the economy magnifies the sectors where high markups persist.
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The Commodification of Everything
Understanding the deeper dynamics of predatory capitalism
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The No Spin-Off Zone
The Kroger-Albertsons merger shows us why regulators need to permanently divest the concept of, well, divesting.
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PGA Golf Is the Latest in a Long Line of Sports Monopolists
The involvement of Saudi funding might force antitrust enforcers to act this time, however.
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Rollups: Collateral Damage in the Streaming Wars
With turnover high, streaming services are trying to make the economics work through consolidation, harming viewers and content creators alike.