Italy fines Amazon record $1.3 bln for abuse of market dominance

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  1. Great decision! This scam americans fine fiat and volkswagen for nothing they are good at this so its pay back while not touching toyota and honda when those japanese companies produce much more emission than volkswagen

  2. Since international corporation evade their share of taxes by clever use of different tax systems, it seems only reasonable that fines will become the new taxation method in future.

  3. It sounds like the Italian regulators’ complaint is that Amazon will only grant products their Prime label if sellers use Amazon’s fulfillment service. Seems odd, since part of that Prime designation is guaranteed shipping times, and I would think that Amazon could only reasonably offer such guarantees if they controlled the fulfillment. I wonder what their response will be.

  4. Amazon made $21 billion in profit last year and Italy makes up an very small amount of it. It would be like if they made no money in Italy at all (or more likely lost money).

  5. >The authority said Amazon tied to the use of FBA access to a set of exclusive benefits, including the Prime label, that help increase visibility and boost sales on Amazon.it.

    Typical scummy behavior.

  6. Getting the unions in, fining them 1.3 bln…

    Amazon gonna start saying France makes better food in a minute now

  7. Amazon owes me money. Amazon owes a lot of small e-commerce businesses money.

    They are somehow just too big to get any fines.

    Thank you for seeing that italy.

  8. Is this the communist discussion group? Y’all are very silly thinking you will ever benefit from tax regimes. Get a job and work harder.

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