Amazon squeezed Levi's and other brands to hike prices on rival sites, California AG says |
Amazon squeezed Levi's and other brands to hike prices on rival sites, California AG says
Newly unsealed court filings detail alleged price-fixing coordination between Amazon and vendors to raise consumer prices on competing platforms
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta secured the public release Monday of a largely unredacted court filing that describes Amazon $AMZN coordinating with vendors to raise consumer prices across competing platforms.
The filing, submitted in San Francisco Superior Court in support of a preliminary injunction, includes internal communications in which Amazon directed vendors to "fix," "correct," "increase," or "raise" prices on other retailers'........