German antitrust probe into Amazon pricing policy

Published February 20, 2013 1:22pm ET



BERLIN (AP) — Online retailer Amazon may have broken antitrust laws in Germany by banning third-party traders from selling their products cheaper elsewhere, officials said Wednesday.

German antitrust authorities said they have begun questioning 2,400 traders who signed up to Amazon’s Marketplace platform, where they can sell products directly to the web giant’s millions of users. In return they must abide by its policies.

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