Overview

• The Bundeskartellamt, which declared Amazon’s market power as overriding in July 2022, issued its June 2 assessment under Germany’s abuse-of-dominance rules.
• Officials warn Amazon’s statistical models set fluctuating price ceilings using both internal and competitor data, limiting third-party sellers’ freedom to price independently.
• Amazon controls about 60% of German online retail sales and hosts roughly 47,500 domestic vendors on its Marketplace platform.
• The current finding draws on feedback collected last autumn from around 2,000 online retailers, underscoring concerns over opaque pricing controls.
• Amazon has been invited to formally respond but has rejected the allegations, insisting that sellers retain full autonomy over their price settings.