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[Alpha Biz= Reporter Kim Jisun] SSG.com and Kurly are facing sanctions from the Fair Trade Commission for passing promotional costs onto suppliers and improperly collecting fees such as server costs.

The Fair Trade Commission announced on the 20th that it has imposed corrective orders on SSG.com and Kurly for violations of the Large-scale Distribution Business Act. SSG.com has also been fined 59 million won.

According to the Fair Trade Commission, SSG.com passed on the costs of discount coupons to 61 suppliers during the 'Korea SSG Day' event in October 2019.

From May 2019 to March 2023, SSG.com also improperly collected a total of 65.26 million won from 14 suppliers under the guise of product information maintenance fees (server costs).

Kurly, during the 'Spring Cleaning Promotion' in February 2020 and the 'August Sanitary Pads Promotion' in August 2020, imposed discount costs on three suppliers.

In 2022, Kurly implemented a 'Growth Incentive (Sales Incentive) Expansion Policy' unilaterally and signed agreements with 1,850 suppliers without substantial consultation, requiring them to pay growth incentives.

The Fair Trade Commission decided to impose sanctions as these actions were seen as unfairly collecting costs from suppliers and excessively restricting the suppliers' autonomous decision-making.

 

 

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