The region is focusing on “very specific business conduct” linked to the company’s dual role as a retailer and a platform for smaller merchants, Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust commissioner, said last November.
The buy box forms part of the investigation currently underway in the EU, which is also looking into whether Amazon violated antitrust rules over its use of business data from independent sellers on its marketplace to benefit its own retail arm. It also scrutinized how the Seattle-based e-commerce giant decides which merchants appear in the so-called buy box - the panel where Amazon highlights sellers of a particular product and is a key tool to drive sales. The CMA’s analysis has focused on how Amazon uses the data it collects on its platform, according to the FT. Europes top antitrust watchdog, the European Commission, accused Amazon on Tuesday of violating competition law by using nonpublic data it gathers from third-party merchants to unfairly compete. “The CMA cannot speculate as to which cases it may or may not investigate,” a spokesperson for the regulator said in an email. The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a mammoth antitrust lawsuit against Amazon that will target the e-commerce giant’s. Read more: Amazon Hit by EU Complaint, Faces New Probe Over Sales 9 hours ago &0183 &32 FTC reportedly plans major antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. AMZN, -0.11 with a focus on its e-commerce business, Bloomberg. small and medium-sized enterprises that account for more than half of everything we sell in our online store,” the company said in a statement. The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to launch a far-reaching antitrust lawsuit against Inc. regulator comes after filing a complaint in a federal court last week accusing Amazon of. “We continue to work hard to deliver great value and low prices for customers and support the tens of thousands of U.K. 5 hours ago &0183 &32 The FTC would not comment on the matter. Amazon declined to comment on the investigation.
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