Amazon Scraps Planned Merchant Fee With Antitrust Suit Looming
- Levy was to affect merchants that don’t use Amazon logistics
- US expected to file antitrust suit against company this month
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Amazon.com Inc. is scrapping a planned fee on merchants that don’t use its shipping services, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg.
The abrupt reversal suggests the company is being more cautious about how much money it tries to extract from online sellers amid an escalating antitrust investigation.