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Is Italian Antitrust Probe Into Alleged Price-Fixing Altering The Investment Case For Citizen Watch (TSE:7762)?

Italy’s antitrust authority has opened an investigation into Citizen Watch and The Swatch Group over suspected retail price-fixing practices for watches sold in Italy, conducting inspections at Citizen Watch Italy’s offices in early December 2025. The probe raises questions about how alleged coordination of retail prices and dealer monitoring could affect Citizen Watch’s competitive positioning and brand reputation in a key European market. Next, we’ll examine how this Italian antitrust...