CMA probe into supermarket loyalty comes to nothing
The Competition & Markets Authority has come under fire for carrying out a “nonsensical” investigation into supermarket loyalty schemes after…
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Gotcha: Wowcher forced to ditch pressure marketing
The Competition & Markets Authority has secured undertakings from Wowcher to change its online selling practices, meaning consumers can expect…
CMA warns US tech giant’s dominance of AI is ‘harmful’
The UK’s competition watchdog has waded into the row over the dominance of US tech giants in the artificial intelligence…
‘Dozens’ of CMA concerns block Google cookie demise
Google faces a major challenge to keep to its deadline of phasing out third-party cookies in its Chrome browser this…
CMA launches review of supermarket loyalty pricing
The Competition & Markets Authority has officially launched its probe into supermarket loyalty pricing – first flagged up in November…
CMA to probe supermarket loyalty ‘member-only’ deals
The Competition & Markets Authority is to launch a major review of loyalty scheme pricing by supermarkets, insisting that the…
ChatGPT fuels major investment – and new CMA probe
The rise of ChatGPT has prompted nearly half (45%) of all businesses to increase their artificial intelligence investments, with customer…
‘Marketers relieved’ by third delay for cookie demise
Google might claim its latest decision to delay the execution of third party cookies until 2024 has come “in response to…
CMA opens second probe of Google’s adtech dominance
The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority is launching a second investigation into whether Google has broken the law by restricting…
ICO and CMA pledge to join forces for the greater good
The UK’s data protection and competition regulators have set out their shared views on policing the digital economy – claimed…