Breitbart Italy’s competition authority announced on Thursday that it has fined Amazon roughly $1.3 billion (€1.129 billion), alleging that the company “has harmed competing operators” by abusing its dominant market position and pushing third-party sellers to use Amazon’s logistics service Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA).
“Amazon holds a position of absolute dominance in the Italian marketplace brokerage services market, which has allowed it to promote its own logistics service, called Fulfillment by Amazon — ‘FBA’ — among the sellers active on the platform,” the Italian Competition Authority said…
