{"id":2742,"date":"2026-04-21T00:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/heres-how-amazons-price-fixing-allegedly-drove-up-prices-everywhere\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:39:51","slug":"heres-how-amazons-price-fixing-allegedly-drove-up-prices-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/heres-how-amazons-price-fixing-allegedly-drove-up-prices-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how Amazon\u2019s price fixing allegedly drove up prices everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of the Amazon logo on a black and orange backdrop.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Alex Castro \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/acastro_STK103__02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/naming-names-attorney-general-bonta-secures-public-access-evidence-amazon-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence of alleged price-fixing by Amazon<\/a>. The state filed a request to the Supreme Court in February for a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon&rsquo;s behavior while the lawsuit it <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-announces-lawsuit-against-amazon-blocking-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">originally filed in 2022<\/a> proceeds, and is now making that 16-page document available, \u00ab\u00a0largely unredacted.\u00a0\u00bb It lays out how Amazon allegedly schemed to raise other retailers&rsquo; prices ahead of Prime Day, or worked with its vendors to make sure items available at a discount elsewhere were suddenly out of stock and unavailable for the lower price. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Bonta says this document shows how the scheme works with Ama \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/915209\/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the evidence of alleged price-fixing by Amazon. 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