Talk:Resale price maintenance/Archives/2013

NPOV in UK law section about impact of RPM

There was a paragraph at the end of the UK Law section citing a URL http//www.beertalks.co.uk that appears to be the home page of a public speaker specialising on an unrelated topic. Beside the unsourced factual claims, the majority of it is one-sided opinion (e.g. it could presumably be argued just as easily that the supermarkets were able to cut prices to the benefit of the consumers, and in any case they did this before RPM was ended by creating their own brands).

I've moved the paragraph here:

Retail Price Maintenance was particularly important and helpful in post war Britain. At that time many products were in short supply and the public in general were very vulnerable to profiteering by retailers that had managed to acquire, short supply, goods. RPM gave stability to consumer industry products in a very difficult time so that all manufacturers, distributors and retailers had a level platform and the public had a good degree of protection. After the end of RPM many local retail shops in the UK withered away at the expense of the large supermarkets that were able to manipulate prices to their advantage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Earwicker (talk • contribs) 20:25, 3 September 2013 (UTC)