Amazon's Legal Woes Grow as Austria Probes Online Giant
- Competition Authority starts case looking at unfair practices
- Smaller retailers complain Amazon is abusing its market power
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Amazon.com Inc.’s twin role as dominant retailer and platform for smaller firms sparked an investigation into suspected unfair practices in Austria that closely mirrors a similar probe in Germany.
The Austrian Federal Competition Authority (BWB) said it will examine whether Amazon is discriminating against stores using its platform and is favoring its own products on the Amazon marketplace.