A group that says it represents 850,000 pharmacists in India wants the government to shut down Amazon’s new pharmaceutical delivery service in the country. In a letter, as reported by various media outlets in India, the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists argues that...
Amazon is facing an investigation by Germany’s national competition regulator over the eCommerce giant’s relationship with third-party sellers, Reuters reports. “We are investigating whether and how Amazon influences how traders set prices on the Marketplace,” Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, told the...
The Competition Bureau of the Canadian government is probing Amazon to determine if its behavior on Amazon.ca is affecting competition “to the detriment of consumers and companies that do business in Canada,” according to a Friday (Aug. 14) statement. “The Bureau’s investigation is ongoing and...
Despite a 40 percent increase in revenue in the second quarter, Amazon has cut more than 1,200 delivery contract jobs. CNBC reports the eCommerce leader has ended contracts with several small delivery firms across the U.S., spurring layoffs and causing them to pull out of Amazon facilities....
Amazon has won a major victory in its push into the booming food delivery business, with the United Kingdom’s top competition watchdog giving a green light to the tech giant’s purchase of a minority stake in Deliveroo. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining in on the investigations into Amazon‘s market power, according to CNet. James’ office, according to CNet, is partnering with the Federal Trade Commission and California’s attorney general to look into the issue. This isn’t coming out of...
Daniela Braga, founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp., a data platform for artificial intelligence (AI), has a beef with Amazon Inc., The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Four years ago, the eCommerce giant’s venture capital fund invested in the Seattle-based company and gained access to the...
At last check, Amazon Inc. sells more than 353 million products — but that number has risen by one. Reuters reported the mega eCommerce website will soon begin offering auto insurance in India, the first of its kind. Acko General Insurance, a digital insurance startup...
Amazon Inc. is expanding testing of its delivery robot Scout, sending it into areas where human delivery staff might be vulnerable to COVID-19. The six-wheeled, high-tech blue box will begin delivering packages to some locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Franklin, Tennessee, Amazon Scout Vice President...
