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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122995430/california-sues-amazonCalifornia sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of pushing sellers and suppliers into anticompetitive deals that lead to higher prices, including at rival online stores.
The lawsuit, filed by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, focuses on the way Amazon the largest online retailer deals with third-party merchants, who account for most of the sales on the platform.
California alleges that Amazon penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices elsewhere on the internet, including Walmart and Target, for example by displaying their items lower or less prominently or outright blocking their new postings.
"Amazon makes consumers think they are getting the lowest prices possible," the lawsuit alleges, "when in fact, they cannot get the low prices that would prevail in a freely competitive market because Amazon has coerced and induced its third-party sellers and wholesale suppliers to enter into anticompetitive agreements on price."
California's antitrust lawsuit is among the biggest legal challenges to Amazon in recent years, as lawmakers and regulators in the U.S. and abroad have investigated the retail giant for potential anticompetitive practices.
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alwaysinasnit
Sep 2022
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intrepidity
(7,294 posts)1. Good. Rip them a new asshole. nt
rubbersole
(6,686 posts)2. Unfettered capitalism! Woo hoo!
Bezos is trickling down. Hey, that blue penis shaped rocket isn't going to launch itself...
MichMan
(11,910 posts)3. Ban all sales to California residents
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)4. Good. Amazon is out of control. nt