UK Retailers Sue Amazon for £1.1 Billion in ‘Watershed’ Case

Published on June 7, 2024

A group of UK retailers is suing Amazon for damages of up to £1.1 billion for illegally misusing their data and manipulating business practices to benefit its own commercial operations and outcomes. The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has initiated legal action against Amazon that will be heard by the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London, the association said on Thursday. This is the largest claim of its kind to ever be filed, with approximately 35,000 UK retailers currently involved with the matter. Bira claims that since October 2015, Amazon has engaged in anti-competitive behaviour, using private data belonging to independent UK retailers on the company’s marketplace....

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