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Rolex Fined $100 Million for Thwarting Online Watch Sales

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Rolex was fined $100 million for thwarting online watch sales. (Shutterstock)

Rolex was fined about $100 million by France’s antitrust agency for pursuing an illegal decade-long crackdown on distributors selling the Swiss firm’s luxury watches online.

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