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

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“There’s a robust tradition of antitrust and anti-monopoly [efforts in America],” said Khan on a recent webinar co-hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and Small Business Rising. However, the FTC’s recent lawsuit against Amazon offers perhaps the most salient example of the “gatekeeper” phenomenon.

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China’s Antimonopoly Fine Leads to First Quarterly Loss for Alibaba Since Going Public

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The number of active users on Alibaba Group ’s ecommerce platforms topped 1 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2021, but this milestone was tainted by the company’s first quarterly operating loss since it went public in 2014 — a result of the historic antitrust penalty levied against the company earlier this year. billion yuan ($1.2

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

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pparently ungrateful for the drone deliveries, the state of California sued Amazon in September for causing higher prices across the state and “stifling competition.”. In a statement, Amazon retorted, “Like any store, we reserve the right not to highlight offers to customers that are not priced competitively.” BEYOND AWFUL.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 265 – News, retailer earnings, and listener questions.

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Amazon acquisition of MGM DC attorney general sues Amazon on antitrust grounds Amazon limited FBA access Amazon addressing review fraud Amazon Prime Day likely June 21 and 22. It’s one of their biggest competitive advantages versus other. Amazon News. Other News. billion in this one’s about 8.45

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 259 – Listener Questions

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Category pages and PDP’s seem dated in the era of TikTok. Instagram shopping and all those other things are like pop-up shops. Jason: [14:10] Yeah so there’s kind of a couple categories of platforms that that offer headless Commerce and it’s such a buzzword I like a lot of other things I would argue people that like.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 307 Amazon Prime Day, Commerce Next, and NRF Nexus Recaps

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And yeah the they also are doing well you know we haven’t talked a lot about them lately but they’ve expanded from a apparel retailer to a broad set of categories including consumer electronics and they’ve launched a third-party Marketplace on the US. Amazon Walmart Target Tim ooh Incheon. Scot: [13:37] Wow.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 269 – Amazon and Instacart get new CEOs, other news

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Scot: [1:25] We had some breaking news and pretty exciting and I’m going to kick it over to you because it is your category of grocery. Competitive factors against Shopify is is one aspect but to be honest it just good business for Amazon. [8:58] Jason: [1:20] Primary care physician exactly. How was your day.