Apologies’ for the long gap ! As per an exclusive recent media report by Reuters , the Indian Antitrust Regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O) , opens new tab and Walmart’s (WMT.N), opens new tab Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers on their shopping websites. The…
Amazon Inc has been trying to expand its market power as the largest retail chain in India since its entry in this sub-continent in June 2013. But it faces a tough challenge from India’s Reliance Group, which apparently backed by the establishment, is not losing any opportunity to stop Amazon’s expansion in India. The saga…
Did Amazon jump the gun in India? -CCI suspends clearance for Amazon-Future deal, imposes ₹200 plus 2 crore penalty on Amazon In a recent turnaround from an approval granted earlier vide its order dated 28 November 2019 ( “approval order”) to the now famous Amazon-Future Group deal, India’s fair market watchdog , the Competition Commission…
So, Amazon (and Walmart controlled Flipkart) were not able to convince the highest judiciary in India, the Supreme Court of India, to stall the Antitrust probe against their alleged unfair business practices affecting retail online and offline vendors in India. Vide its brief order dated 09 August , 2021 , the Supreme Court of India…
So, is it the beginning of the end of the Amazon (and Flipkart’s) combined market dominance or, at least, their allegedly vertical anti-competitive arrangements in the online sales of Smart mobile phones in India?? Considering the recent media news Karnataka High Court dismisses petitions by Amazon, Flipkart against CCI probe on competition law violationsat least…
CCI dismisses allegations of abuse of dominance and exclusive arrangements against Amazon in the menswear fashion retail market By way of order dated 11.09.2020, the Competition Commission of India (“Commission/CCI”) has dismissed allegations of: (i) abuse of dominance and (ii) concluding exclusive agreements with Amazon Export Sales LLC and Cloudtail India Pvt Ltd (“Cloudtail”) against…
Amazon wins the first battle -Karnataka High Court stays CCI order directing investigation against Amazon and Flipkart In a major relief to India’s leading online market players , Amazon and FlipKart , the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore , vide its order dated 14.2.2020 , has stayed Competition Commission of India (CCI) order…
Competition Commission of India releases report on Market Study on e-commerce in India- A Soft advisory or Warning signal ? The electronic commerce (“E-Commerce”) market in India is no stranger to allegations of anti-competitive conduct. E-Commerce firms in India have been subject to allegations ranging from predatory pricing to discriminatory terms. Amidst the growing clamor…
CCI orders investigation into Amazon and Flipkart’s alleged exclusive tie ups and preferential terms with their respective preferred sellers Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”), vide order dated 13.01.2020, has directed the Director General (“DG”) to investigate whether the alleged exclusive agreements, deep-discounting and preferential listing of a few select sellers by Amazon and Flipkart…
