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Amazon's pricing controls may be anticompetitive, German regulator warns
AMZNAmazon(AMZN) CNBC·2025-06-02 23:11

Packages with the logo of Amazon are transported at a packing station of a redistribution center of Amazon in Horn-Bad Meinberg, western Germany, on Dec. 9, 2024.The buy box is the listing that pops up first when a visitor clicks on a particular product, and the one that gets purchased when a shopper taps "Add to Cart."Amazon uses algorithms and statistical models to calculate certain price caps for products, the Cartel Office said. Products that are flagged as having "prices that are too high" or "prices t ...