The Amazon's Allegations
A piece in Politico Europe explains the case against Amazon in relation to how it handles small businesses, allegedly setting itself up as a competitor to them after studying their activities, notes Fortune newsletter.
When the Dutch internet entrepreneur was invited to Amazon’s Munich office, he didn’t think twice. Sorber was seeking to expand his online store for children's clothes into Germany, Europe’s largest e-commerce market.
Like many traders, he saw working with Amazon as a huge opportunity. The relationship soured, however, when he found that the trousers and shirts he was selling suddenly became invisible on the site.
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The central point to investigate would be whether Amazon abuses its dominance of online retail to collate useful data from competitors and then uses that same data to push sales of its own wares.
Amazon denies the allegations.