European Commission intensifies competition probes into Amazon
The European Commission has issued a statement of objections to Amazon alleging abuse of dominance as a result of Amazon's use of sensitive data from competing retailers.
The Commission maintains that Amazon's use of sensitive business information from independent sellers on its marketplace allows it to avoid the normal risks of retail competition and leverage its dominance as a platform into retail markets.
The Commission has also opened a second investigation into whether Amazon's commercial practices might artificially distort competition because they favour its own offers and downstream services. The Commission is examining whether the criteria that Amazon uses to select the winner of the “Buy Box” and to enable sellers to offer products to Prime users amount to self-preferencing of Amazon's retail business.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2077
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