Amazon watchers say the company has accelerated its efforts to sell its own products

guest · Jan 10, 2019

Amazon watchers say the company has accelerated its efforts to sell its own products — and that's worrying regulators around the world
January 10, 2019
https://www.businessinsider.de/amaz...ers-it-hosts-on-its-platform-2019-1?r=US&IR=T

Why it matters: Governments have rarely tried to rein in Amazon's ambitions, allowing it to avoid most of the recent scrutiny directed at other large tech platforms. But the increased focus on Amazon's house-brand offerings suggests it may now be Amazon's turn.

Critics say Amazon uses its sales data to find fruitful areas where it can produce generic versions of already-popular products.

Amazon's dominance over online retail makes it more of a problem when the company moves so aggressively into house brands.

The big picture: Regulators in major overseas markets for Amazon have already taken aim at its efforts.

E-commerce rules going into effect next month in India appear to forbid a marketplace like Amazon [...]

Germany's antitrust regulator is probing how Amazon treats third-party merchants who use its marketplace. [...] investigation [...]
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