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Amazon Misses EU Deadline for Concessions Over iRobot Deal
AmazonAmazon(US:AMZN) WSJ·2024-01-11 19:14

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesAmazon.com missed a Wednesday deadline to offer remedies to the European Union over its $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot , after the bloc had raised concerns that the deal could stifle competition in the robot vacuum cleaner market.The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, made its concerns known in November after conducting an in-depth investigation into the deal that was outlined in August 2022. The bloc sent Amazon a so-called statement of objecti ...