The European Commission on Tuesday 10 November sent the Amazon group a ‘Statement of Objections’ (see EUROPE B12298A9) accusing them of distorting competition in online retail markets.
Amazon routinely uses non-public business data from independent sellers active in its marketplace for the benefit of its own retail business, which competes directly with those third-party sellers.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, Competition Policy, stated that data relating to the activity...