Do you hear that? Oh, it’s nothing. Just the rumblings of CHANGE.
Amazon may end a third-party vendor policy that prohibits merchants from selling their wares at lower prices outside of Amazon Marketplace, according to a new report from Axios. The news comes days after senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren unveiled her policy proposal for “breaking up Big Tech,” including Amazon.
The report comes from a single anonymous source “with direct knowledge of the company’s decision.” Axios claims the decision to change the price policy has been made. However, the outlet has published false reports based on anonymous sourcing before. So the news should be taken with a grain of salt; Mashable has reached out to Amazon to confirm whether it will indeed change this policy. Read more…
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