On the evening of Thursday 6 July, the European Commission announced that it had opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of shares in iRobot Corporation (USA), a supplier of hoovers, by Amazon.com, Inc. (USA), an online marketplace that also operates as a retailer on its platform.
Following the Commission’s preliminary investigation, carried out in cooperation with other competition authorities, the Commission considers that the transaction, as notified on 1 June...