The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the British competition watchdog, said the offer from Amazon to change the way it treats third-party sellers using its Marketplace platform in the UK addressed its competition concerns.
“The CMA’s preliminary view is that the offer from Amazon addresses its competition concerns, and the CMA is now consulting on the commitments put forward before deciding whether to accept them,” it said in a statement.
The CMA launched an investigation in July 2022 into concerns that Amazon was abusing its position as the UK’s leading online retail platform by giving an unfair advantage to its own retail business over competing sellers that use Amazon Marketplace or to sellers that use Amazon’s own warehousing and delivery services, rather than rival logistics businesses.
Amazon subsequently offered to change the way it treats third-party sellers by submitting proposed commitments.
