Frankfurt, Germany, Feb 5, 2026 (AFP) - Germany claws back 70 mn euros from Amazon over price controls

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Germany's competition watchdog ordered Amazon on Thursday to stop implementing price controls for retailers on its marketplace and told the US tech giant to return 59 million euros ($70 million) in what it deemed unfair gains. Third-party retailers on Amazon's marketplace in Germany set their own prices but Amazon uses various mechanisms to review them, and can remove products it considers too expensive. But the company's methods are "based on no......

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