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EU fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for no-poach and data-sharing cartel

Admitting coordinated market division coupled with bans on recruiting each other's white-collar staff secured a 10% fine reduction

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Overview

  • The European Commission concluded Delivery Hero abused its minority stake in Glovo from 2018 to 2022 to facilitate anticompetitive practices ahead of their 2022 merger.
  • Regulators uncovered exchanges of commercially sensitive information via emails and WhatsApp alongside coordination of market entries to avoid overlap.
  • A no-poach pact barred recruitment of each other's white-collar staff before extending to all employees except self-employed delivery riders.
  • Delivery Hero was fined €223 million and Glovo €106 million after admitting their involvement and settling for a 10% penalty cut.
  • The decision marks the first time the European Commission has fined firms under EU cartel rules for no-poach agreements, signaling a crackdown on labor-market collusion.