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BAT accused of bribing retailers to hide Camels

 Johannesburg - The competition authorities will investigate whether there is fire behind the smoke billowing from allegations of anticompetitive behaviour in the tobacco industry. Cigarettes Store

 On Friday, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) SA filed a complaint with the Competition  cigarettes Commission, after four years of negotiations with British American Tobacco (BAT) SA started to move backwards for JTI. cheap cigarettes discount

 The maker of Camel and Winston, JTI said that for the past four years BAT had tried to undermine its brands. cheap cigarettes

 JTI's legal adviser, Martin Versfeld, said the firm had a room full of files to back up the allegations of BAT's abuse of its dominant position in the local market. discount cigarettes

 BAT has 95 percent market share with popular brands such as Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill and Rothmans. online cigarettes

 The tobacco giant is accused of bribing retailers to sell only BAT brands and encouraging retailers to store JTI brands out of sight, in what the industry calls "Camel drawers".

 JTI has accused BAT sales representatives of removing JTI branding from points of sale areas, as well as packets of cigarettes from vending machines.

 JTI's managing director, Marchant Kuys, said that while BAT denied these practices were policy, he believed the behaviour was too pervasive not to be informed by BAT's senior management. According to Kuys, BAT has suggested it was rogue behaviour by a few sales reps.  cigarettes

 BAT's director for regulatory and corporate affairs, Simon Millson, said the firm had not seen the brief and so could not comment. buy cigarettes cheap cigarettes discount

 He said he was surprised JTI called a press conference and filed a complaint when there were processes in place and when BAT felt progress was being made. Cigarettes Store cheap cigarettes discount

 If the competition authorities find in favour of JTI, the maximum penalty BAT could be fined is R1.2 billion.

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