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DC files antitrust case vs Amazon over treatment of vendors

by Marcy Gordon
| May 25, 2021 9:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit.

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