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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by graeme on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:10AM (#22956860)
Every retail store does this.
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by timdev2 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:34AM (#22957111)
Many retail stores do this to their vendors. Amazon does it to it's "sellers", which are really just a category of "customers". As an amazon seller, you pay for the privilege of selling through their platform.
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by dagnabbit on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:42AM (#22957191)
Retail stores charge manufacturers for shelf space. It's often called a slotting fee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotting_fee

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by thebean11 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:54AM (#22957307)
Plenty of vendors pay for shelf space
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by sharemywin on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:54PM (#22958049)
To me this a form of bundling and should probably be illegal.
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by graeme on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:04PM (#22959752)
You would forbid the entire existing system of retail? Do you have an example of any country that operates this way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence

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