Amazon allegedly tricked users into buying more expensive products through the use of its “Buy Box,” according to a class action lawsuit filed last week. The Buy Box, which features a “Buy Now” and ...

On March 20, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order to dismiss a consumer antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon. In the lawsuit styled Hogan v. Amazon.com, Inc., ...

Anyone who has shopped on Amazon will have seen the Buy Box with its peppy yellow and orange Add to Cart and Buy Now buttons. The US Federal Trade Commission has seen it too, and made it central to an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is facing a $1 billion class action lawsuit in the U.K. over allegations it uses an algorithm to favor its own products and those of third-party sellers who use its storage and ...

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Amazon Resale (formerly known as Amazon Warehouse Deals) has some pretty great prices, but are the trade-offs for buying used ...

In 2015, merchants selling their wares on Amazon began to notice that whenever one of their products began to fly off the virtual shelves, the ecommerce powerhouse itself would seem to quickly come ...

Another antitrust lawsuit is being filed in Europe targeting Big Tech for hefty damages over claims of abusive self-preferencing. This time ecommerce giant Amazon — and its nudge-tastic ‘Buy Box’ — is ...

In a move seeking to settle an open antitrust investigation in the U.K., Amazon has offered to limit its use of data on marketplace sellers so its retail business cannot gain an unfair advantage over ...

Amazon – the company that’s famous for its effortless customer experience – is curiously making it a little harder for people to buy stuff through its website. But there’s a method to their madness.