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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Fighting ‘Gatekeeper Markets’ that Throttle Fair Competition

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A study from Pew Research in 2016 found that 65% of Americans felt the country’s economic system “unfairly favors powerful interests.” This focus has resulted in lawsuits against Mastercard and Amazon , a move to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger (which was just given an Aug.

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Why Investors are Racing to Buy Up Amazon’s Hottest Third-Party Sellers

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The driving force of this aggregation is the dominance of Amazon itself , not any one product category. Boosted currently owns approximately 12 brands (it’s hard to nail down a specific number because of the rapid pace of acquisition in this space), and plans to have 40 or more by year-end, according to Richman.