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What businesses have opened US markets since the FTC's antitrust investigation into Amazon?

 What businesses have opened US markets since the FTC's antitrust investigation into Amazon?


According to Amazon, changing the retail behemoth's business methods will result in higher costs and slower, less dependable shipping speeds while also hurting competition for its merchants on and off the site.


The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general have filed an antitrust action against Amazon for what they claim to be monopolistic pricing to consumers and fees to the third-party sellers used by the e-retailers.


According to Amazon, changing the retail behemoth's business methods will result in higher costs and slower, less dependable shipping speeds while also hurting competition for its merchants on and off the site.


The FTC's complaint is anticipated to encounter numerous obstacles, but it will serve as a cautionary tale for other online marketplaces that have opened in the United States regarding how to deal with users and independent vendors. The shops who have introduced online marketplaces after the FTC started looking into Amazon in 2019 are listed below.



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