Apple, Amazon Offices Raided in Italy Over Beats Headphone Sales

Beats Solo Pro wireless headphones, manufactured by Beats Electronics LLC, a subsidiary of Apple Inc.Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
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Italy’s antitrust authority said it’s investigating Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. after a local retailer complained they’d been banned from re-selling products on the online marketplace.

The Italian offices of both companies were inspected Wednesday by authorities, according to a statement Wednesday. Apple and Amazon are suspected of unfairly curbing the sale of the iPhone maker’s Beats products by anyone other than members of its official reseller program.