Supermarket letter – 4
SUPERMARKET NEWSLETTER NO. 4
1.Developments and sales via the internet.
2.The new consumer directive.
In my supermarket newsletter of July 11, 2013, I already predicted that the establishment of collection points for goods ordered via the internet would set the judicial pens in motion. Partly in view of the lack of clarity as to whether or not such collection points require a retail destination. Well, the District Court of East Brabant has now ruled on this on March 14, 2014.
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