Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in secret deal report claims

Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by tracerbulletx on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:08PM (#38224559)

Retailer and vendor make a contractual deal to merchandise product. Is your grocery store colluding with CocaCola to display their products right at the front of the store while putting healthy items like milk far away!!?? Are they harming the health of your children?? Is this just a conspiracy to make greedy dentists richer?? More news at 11

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by iris2004 on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:28PM (#38224782)

Amazon is both a retailer and marketplace. If it prevents fake Coke being sold because of a secret deal, but is happy to sell fake Pepsi, then that is absolutely a problem for both consumers and sellers which should be scrutinised, especially considering its position in the market.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by hedora on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:45PM (#38227452)

> Is your grocery store colluding with CocaCola to display their products right at the front of the store while putting healthy items like milk far away!!??

Of course they are.

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but Coca Cola exists precisely because of those sorts of distribution and product placement deals.

Grocery stores are paid a ton of money to place products in favorable spots on the shelves and end caps. That and the consumer surveillance loyalty cards are a huge fraction of their profits.

(I’d ban both practices if I were supreme dictator. Sadly, I am not.)

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