Germany: Announced retailer survey in Amazon price control investigation

On 2 September 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it launched an online survey of 2'000 representatively selected third-party retailers to investigate the effects of Amazon's price checks on the behaviour of third-party retailers. The survey was launched in the context of the ongoing investigation into Amazon's price control practices, and, specifically, its use of algorithms to this end.