Monopoly

Hasbro Plays With ‘Fewer, Bigger, Better’ Strategy Amid Bite of Lingering Inflation
Hasbro Plays With ‘Fewer, Bigger, Better’ Strategy Amid Bite of Lingering Inflation
February 16, 2023  |  Retail

The largest U.S. toy and game maker said it expects lingering impacts from inflation to dampen consumer spending for most of the year but is...

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Publishing Class-Action Cases Spells Trouble Ahead for Google in UK, EU
Publishing Class-Action Cases Spells Trouble Ahead for Google in UK, EU
September 18, 2022  |  Google

U.K. newspapers have this week been reporting that the law firm Humphries Kerstetter is planning to bring a class action case against Google in the...

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Hasbro Board Fights Alta Fox’s Efforts to Oust Directors in Shareholder Vote
Hasbro Board Fights Alta Fox’s Efforts to Oust Directors in Shareholder Vote
May 09, 2022  |  Retail

The board of directors for play and entertainment company Hasbro told shareholders in a letter Monday (May 9) that the current group deserves their support...

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Toymaker Hasbro Partners With Online Gamer Roblox For Digital Nerf Merch
Toymaker Hasbro Partners With Online Gamer Roblox For Digital Nerf Merch
April 13, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Hasbro, the world’s biggest toymaker, is teaming up with the gaming platform Roblox to launch new Nerf and Monopoly experiences and merchandise. Adam Kleinman, vice...

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Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
December 22, 2020  |  International

Russia’s federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has accused Booking.com of reportedly violating antitrust laws in the country and abusing a dominant market position, according to Reuters...

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NY Joins Other States In Amazon Antitrust Probe
NY Joins Other States In Amazon Antitrust Probe
August 04, 2020  |  Amazon

New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining in on the investigations into Amazon‘s market power, according to CNet. James’ office, according to CNet, is...

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Big Tech And The Optical Illusion Of Monopoly
Big Tech And The Optical Illusion Of Monopoly
August 03, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The most interesting thing about Big Tech’s Fab Four tour of Capitol Hill last Wednesday (July 29) wasn’t the perfunctory lawmaker grandstanding, or even the...

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Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
July 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The big day finally came — the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google‘s parent, Alphabet, sat in front of lawmakers (at least virtually) and...

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Musk: ‘Time To Break Up Amazon’
Musk: ‘Time To Break Up Amazon’
June 04, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Elon Musk said in a tweet that it’s “time to break up Amazon,” citing the eCommerce giant’s monopoly as a reason to take action. “Monopolies...

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