Competition regulators probe Amazon's Marketplace and Microsoft's buy of Activision Blizzard
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is kicking off investigations into both Microsoft's merger with Activision Blizzard and concerns about Amazon's Marketplace habits.is centred on how Amazon sets criteria for offers in the"Buy Box" on its page and which sellers can list products with Amazon's"Prime label" on the company's marketplace. The worry is that anticompetitive practices might be at work, resulting in a worse deal for customers.
The European Commission is already investigating Jeff Bezos's e-commerce business, and the UK is following suit At issue is if Amazon is giving its own retail business and sellers using its services priority over other third-party sellers who choose not to do so.
The CMA has been busy of late. It also has an open investigation into Google and Amazon under consumer protections laws over what the tech giants are doing to fight off fake reviews and today announced
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