Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple

guest · Jul 23, 2020

Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple
Officials searched the Italian offices of both companies earlier this week
July 22, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-apple-italy-antitrust-investigation-141046089.html

Amazon and Apple are facing more antitrust accusations. This time, Italy is investigating. Authorities want to know whether the two companies agreed to prevent retailers who are not part of Apple’s official program to sell Apple products and Beats headphones, Reuters reports.

Officials launched the investigation this week and searched the Italian offices of both Amazon and Apple on Tuesday. In a statement provided to Engadget, an Amazon spokesperson said the company is “fully collaborating with the Authority.”
This is certainly not the first time officials have raised concerns about the companies’ practices.
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Reuters: Italy opens antitrust probe into Amazon, Apple over sale of Beats headphones

It said the investigation was aimed at establishing whether Apple and Amazon had reached an anti-competitive agreement to prevent electronics reailers not included in Apple’s official programme to sell the products.
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guest · Jul 23, 2020

Apple faces yet another antitrust investigation, this time including Beats
July 22, 2020
https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/22/another-antitrust-investigation-2/

Apple is today facing yet another antitrust investigation, to add to the already lengthy list. This time it’s to determine whether Apple and Amazon engaged in price-fixing over both Apple products and Beats headphones …

Apple and Amazon will likely defend the agreement on the grounds that it was reached to address the serious problem the ecommerce site used to have with counterfeit Apple products, especially things like chargers.

Even buying from reputable websites like Amazon hasn’t always been a guarantee. Apple at one point conducted its own tests, finding that almost 90% of ‘genuine’ chargers sold through Amazon were fake. Amazon responded by creating a brand registry program, and later partnered with Apple to create an Authorized Reseller store which can be found here.
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The Federal Trade Commission opened a US investigation into it last year, with suggestions that ‘it’s basically a price-fixing agreement between a dominant retailer and a brand [which is] illegal under Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.’ Apple is now facing another antitrust investigation into the same issue in Italy.
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