LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust watchdog is investigating Inc (AMZN.O) on concerns it was hurting competition by.
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With millions of customers in Britain, “it's right that we carefully investigate whether Amazon is using third-party data to give an unfair boost to its own retail business and whether it favours sellers who use its logistics and delivery services – both of which could weaken competition,'' the watchdog's general counsel, Sarah Cardell, said in a prepared statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to. company has drawn scrutiny in recent years for the vast trove of data it has amassed on. EU and UK antitrust regulators begin investigating Facebook. Amazon Gets Closer to Settling EU Antitrust Probes With Remedies. The Markets Authority said it will consider whether Amazon gives an unfair edge to merchants using optional services that cost extra, including storage, packaging and delivery. As a complement to the report Share the Data: Overcoming Trade-Offs in Tech Regulation.
escape antitrust scrutiny as they are often below the revenue notification threshold. “We remain proud of the continued support we provide to businesses of all sizes across the U.K.'' While Amazon supplies some of the products that it sells online, many others are from third-party merchants and retailers, and provides them with essential services to make sales. major US firms Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. Amazon and other big tech firms are under scrutiny for alleged antitrust violations by the House Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. “We believe we've always worked hard to help small businesses selling on Amazon to succeed, which is in both their and our best interests,'' the company said. The Competition and Markets Authority's formal investigation said Wednesday that it will look into concerns that the ecommerce giant is abusing its dominance to undermine rivals, echoing similar investigations carried out by the European Union's executive Commission and Germany's antitrust agency.Īmazon said it will work closely with the CMA during the investigation.
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