http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/11/27/cranes-section-2-hearings-testimony-on-loyalty-discounts/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/11/27/cranes-section-2-hearings-testimony-on-loyalty-discounts/#comment-6376 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:50:27 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/11/27/cranes-section-2-hearings-testimony-on-loyalty-discounts/#comment-6376 [...] In response to Josh’s gentle nudge, here are my remarks from Wednesday’s DOJ/FTC hearing on loyalty discounts. I focus entirely on bundled discounts (as opposed to single-product loyalty discounts, like volume or market-share discounts). Bundled discounts are discounts (or rebates) that are conditioned upon purchasing separate products from disparate product markets — e.g., “we’ll give you a 25% discount on all your A and B purchases if you buy 70% of your A requirements and 80% of your B requirements from us.” [...]

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