In an abuse process, the Federal Cartel Office warned the Amazon trade giant. The competitive keepers fear that the US company will illegally intervene in the pricing of other companies on the Amazon marketplace trading platform.
In addition, the cartel office suspects that Amazon could take advantage of its strong position in such a way that other external online retailers shy away from price cuts. This would do this online retailer on the assumption that Amazon quickly followed up and that they would not have a price advantage at all. According to the cartel office, this Amazon business practice would also be illegal.
Amazon rejects the allegations. More than 47,500 German sales partners are supported “through clear and fair guidelines,” says a company spokeswoman.