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October 21, 2013 01:41 pm GMT

More Woe For Amazon In Germany As Antitrust Watchdog Investigates Its 3rd Party Pricing Practices

amazon germany screenshotAs Amazon starts to lay the groundwork for online holiday season sales, the e-commerce giant is also facing some fresh scrutiny from regulators in Europe over its practices. Today, the German antritrust watchdog (Bundeskartellamt) is considering an order against the company over unfair pricing practices on its site, specifically for third-party sellers selling on Amazon's platform in its Marketplace. Whether it's coincidence or calculated spin, the news comes on the same day that Amazon has announced that it will be giving selected third-party sellers on its platform a new opportunity to sell products on its holiday deal pages, including the Todays Deals page -- the first time, Amazon says, that it will be opening this up to merchants other than itself.

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