Almost half of consumers have noticed ‘surge pricing’ at busy times
Survey finds few consumers support the growing trend of retailers adjusting their pricing in response to supply and demand
Amazon and Microsoft under spotlight for dominating cloud competition
Competition regulator launches investigation into £7.5 billion cloud services market following competition concerns from media watchdog
Amazon customers ‘bribed’ to leave good reviews
Which? survey finds one in ten Amazon shoppers were offered an incentive for a five-star review the same week the US government sues Amazon for inflating prices
Amazon agrees to change its marketplace rules to address competition regulators’ concerns
Amazon will give independent sellers’ equal chance of appearing in the ‘Buy Box’ when they compete with Amazon’s own products.
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Amazon and Apple accused of striking a secret deal to increase the cost of Apple products
A new £500 million consumer lawsuit is demanding compensation for the millions of UK consumers who bought Apple products on Amazon.
£36 billion potentially owed to UK consumers who have been ripped off by big business
Twelve consumer lawsuits that have been filed with the specialist competition court could leave every adult in the UK owed money, and eligible for compensation from multiple claims.
Amazon now faces two competing multi-million-pound consumer lawsuits for favouring its own products
A second legal claim has been launched against Amazon accusing the tech giant of not offering customers the best deals.
Amazon takes action to stop fake reviews as MPs begin scrutiny of new digital consumer bill
Tech giant to step up action to stop fake reviews ahead of new rules that will punish companies for allowing fake reviews on their websites
MPs back new powers to crack down on big tech’s anti-competitive behaviour
Big tech firms – like Google, Apple and Amazon – will face heavy fines for rule-breaking under the new digital consumer bill.