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Retailers probed over tobacco sales.
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The Thresher Group, the big four supermarkets and some convenience groups all face a probe by the Office of Fair Trading over the pricing of tobacco.
The OFT claims manufacturers and retailers "variously engaged in one or more unlawful practices in relation to retail prices for some or all of a number of tobacco products in breach of the Competition Act".
According to the OFT: "Arrangements between each manufacturer and each retailer restricted the ability of each of these retailers to determine its selling prices independently, by linking the retail price ...
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