As part of its settlement, the ecommerce giant will also pay $2.25 million to the attorney general’s office, and for the next five years will provide annual updates to ensure compliance with the relevant antitrust laws. It’s just the most recent legal development aimed at helping workers dependant on the massive company.
Keeping Competitive
Any time a giant corporation gets control over the marketplace in which it’s competing against the same small businesses that operate within that space, the conditions are in place for an anti-competitive environment. This most recent antitrust settlement highlights the struggle that smaller retailers are under in the tough world of ecommerce.
