Retail Experience
Since 1961, NERA has advised clients facing a wide range of complex regulatory, legal, and market challenges. The breadth of our experience means our experts can provide exceptional insight in virtually every circumstance.
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A team from NERA provided analysis and expert evidence on behalf of retail company Woolsworth New Zealand during the Commerce Commission's market study assessing competition in the New Zealand grocery sector.
On behalf of Nestle, NERA analyzed the results of numerous raw milk producers’ expert report, which quantified the alleged underprice paid by Nestle as a result of exchanges of information among Spanish dairy producers. Testimony in Spanish Court is pending.
On behalf of Nestle, a NERA team analyzed potential effects resulting from exchanges of information about raw milk prices among Spanish dairy producers sanctioned by the Spanish Competition Authority. Our cartel effect estimation techniques identified no effects from the exchanges.
A team from NERA advised several Spanish truckdriver buyers in a cartel damages estimation, including quantifying the price effect of the truckdriver cartel on truckdriver prices. Our experts will present their findings in court.
NERA provided economic analysis and expert reports for a defendant in a damages litigation arising from the German Federal Cartel Office's decision to fine an information exchange between suppliers of personal care products.
NERA supported a small business whose trademark application was opposed by Monster Energy Company. We prepared a survey and report showing consumers did not confuse or associate our client’s apparel products with Monster Energy. Monster withdrew its opposition.
NERA conducted a customer survey to determine the degree of recognition of the client's logo among customers of casual clothing items.
A team from NERA conducted secondary meaning surveys to determine consumer perceptions of the interior design used in a large retail chain’s shops for registration purposes.
NERA advised a large supermarket group on its response to multiple hub-and-spoke investigations by Portuguese competition authority Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC). We submitted a series of reports to the AdC and appeals court examining the economics and effects of the allegations.
During a global tobacco MNC’s tax audit by German tax authorities, NERA provided forensic and corroborative transfer pricing analyses against the tax authorities‘ position. The court sided with NERA, and a settlement in favor of the taxpayer is expected.
NERA was engaged by the defendant and their counsel in a commercial litigation case regarding a marketing intellectual property (IP) violation in the food industry. The claimant, a direct competitor, alleged that the defendant's food packaging infringed on its IP rights, causing consumer confusion and economic damages. NERA conducted two econometric analyses to quantify the impact of this confusion, revealing that the actual impact was only a small fraction of the damages claimed.
During a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the funeral and crematoria markets, NERA supported Dignity Plc—a large crematoria and funeral services provider in the UK—through the investigation process. The CMA’s report was implemented in June 2021.
Following energy retailer failures, NERA assessed the costs and benefits of interventions to promote financial resilience. We identified the key market failures of moral hazard and adverse selection that were distorting competition, and Ofgem published our report alongside its policy consultation.
In a case in which the client licensed production technology to another company, NERA evaluated the value of the license and provided advice regarding the reasonable price of the license.
A NERA team provided advice on the corporate merger review in Japan related to the acquisition of a competitor in the food industry and assisted in the submission of data by the parties involved. The proposed merger was approved without being subject to regulation.
A team from NERA analyzed the competitive effects of Colgate-Palmolive Company’s acquisition of Hello Products using elasticity estimates obtained from scanner data. The team demonstrated the transaction did not raise competitive concerns before the FTC.
NERA conducted a consumer survey on the degree of recognition among Japanese consumers about the mark used by a foreign fashion brand.
At the request of Amazon Japan, NERA surveyed findings from recent research in economics-related fields on key issues related to competition in the retail industry, particularly in the general e-commerce website business.
NERA conducted a customer survey on the effect of defendant's unfair competition practices in an attempt to estimate the amount of damages done to the plaintiff in a conflict ensuing the transfer of trademark right.
A NERA expert testified on behalf of Apple in an ITC Section 337 action brought by plaintiff Qualcomm. Using our work, the ALJ agreed with Apple’s claim that excluding Apple products from the US would harm the public interest.