"California alleges Amazon inflated prices with supplier deals... SAN FRANCISCO — The state of California sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the retail giant of inflating its prices by signing restrictive deals with companies that sell on its platform. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that an investigation by his office had found that sellers who use Amazon’s online marketplace would lower their prices if not for agreements they had with Amazon. As a result, he said, the state’s consumers had overpaid for years..." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...azon-inflated-prices-supplier-deals-rcna47577
"Amazon Sued for Not Letting Merchants Offer Lower Prices on Rival Sites... The lawsuit centers on how merchants selling on Amazon 'must agree not to offer lower prices elsewhere — including competing sites like Walmart, Target, eBay, and, in some cases, even on their own websites,' the attorney general’s office claims... If merchants break the pricing agreement, they risk losing visibility—or access to—the Amazon platform..." https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-sued-for-not-letting-merchants-offer-lower-prices-on-rival-sites
