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pressured major brands like Levi Strauss & Co
and Hanes
to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
The newly unsealed documents released on Monday are part of a 2022 antitrust lawsuit alleging Amazon stifled competition and increased the prices that consumers pay across the internet. The complaint zeroes in on Amazon’s agreements with its millions of vendors, which Bonta says “keep prices artificially high” on competing platforms.
