Axel Kaufmann ApS - bøde på 6 millioner kr.

Tøjforhandleren Axel Kaufmann ApS har erkendt at have overtrådt konkurrencelovens forbud mod konkurrencebegrænsende aftaler. Virksomheden betaler 6 millioner kroner i bøde, og to ledende medarbejdere betaler hver 120.000 kroner i bøde.

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Lucene.Net.Store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: NativeFSLock@C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock: System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
 ---> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Lucene.Net.Store.Lock.Obtain(Int64 lockWaitTimeout)
   at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexWriter..ctor(Directory d, IndexWriterConfig conf)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithOpenMode(Directory d, OpenMode openMode)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriter(Directory d)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithLockCheck()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.get_IndexWriter()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateSearcher()
   at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.RulingStatusDetails.RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.GetStatus(String caseComplexId) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/RulingStatusDetails/RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 59
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.RulingStatusDetails.RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.Invoke(RulingStatusDetailsSpot model, String viewPath) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/RulingStatusDetails/RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 46
   at lambda_method724(Closure, Object, Object[])
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeSyncCore(ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object component, ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentHelper.InvokeCoreAsync(ViewComponentDescriptor descriptor, Object arguments)
   at AspNetCore.Views_Partials_grid_editors_base.ExecuteAsync() in C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\1.3.0.553\Views\Partials\grid\editors\base.cshtml:line 14

Kaufmann har betalt 6 millioner kroner for at have overtrådt konkurrenceloven ved at udveksle oplysninger om blandt andet priser med en konkurrent. Endvidere har to ledende medarbejdere fra Kaufmann hver betalt 120.000 kroner i bøde for at have medvirket til overtrædelsen.

Sagen indgår i et sagskompleks, hvor Hugo Boss ulovligt har udvekslet information med de to forhandlere Kaufmann og Ginsborg om priser, rabatter og/eller mængder ved fremtidige udsalg. Hugo Boss er leverandør til de to tøjforhandlere, men er også konkurrent, da Hugo Boss sælger Boss-produkter i egne butikker.

Hugo Boss og Kaufmann har udvekslet informationer fra januar 2014 til november 2017.

I 2020 afgjorde Konkurrencerådet, at flere tøjforhandlere, herunder Kaufmann, havde overtrådt konkurrenceloven. Siden har Konkurrenceankenævnet samt Sø- og Handelsretten stadfæstet, at informationsudvekslingen var ulovlig.

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Lucene.Net.Store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: NativeFSLock@C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock: System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
 ---> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Lucene.Net.Store.Lock.Obtain(Int64 lockWaitTimeout)
   at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexWriter..ctor(Directory d, IndexWriterConfig conf)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithOpenMode(Directory d, OpenMode openMode)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriter(Directory d)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithLockCheck()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.get_IndexWriter()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateSearcher()
   at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.AppealHistory.AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.GetModelForNewDocType(AppealHistorySpot model, Pages_structuredContent_rulingItemNew rulingItem) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/AppealHistory/AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 92
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.AppealHistory.AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.Invoke(AppealHistorySpot model, String viewPath) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/AppealHistory/AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 40
   at lambda_method632(Closure, Object, Object[])
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeSyncCore(ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object component, ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentHelper.InvokeCoreAsync(ViewComponentDescriptor descriptor, Object arguments)
   at AspNetCore.Views_Partials_grid_editors_base.ExecuteAsync() in C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\1.3.0.553\Views\Partials\grid\editors\base.cshtml:line 14