The flurry of chains, online retail, and now e-readers and tablets are gradually edging the corner bookstore out.
The price collusion affected customers including high street chains, online fashion retailers and consumer goods brands that use models to front their products and appear in ad campaigns.
Politics and Prose also weathered the rise of the large chains, online retailers and e-readers that helped push other independent bookstores out of business.
These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount and department stores; and newsstands.
Stephen Blake, the senior director of the CMA's cartels and criminal group, said: "The allegations concern prices charged to a range of customers, including high street chains, online fashion retailers and consumer goods brands.
These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands.
These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands.
The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; supermarkets, university, gift and discount department stores; and newsstands.
