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Online retailers’ algorithms could are being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over fears customers are being “manipulated or misled” into buying goods.

Customers may be being “manipulated or misled” by retailers’ algorithms

January 20, 2021

Online retailers’ algorithms are being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over fears customers are being “manipulated or misled” into buying goods. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched…

Facebook, Amazon and Google will soon be forced to comply with strict new rules aimed at curtailing their market dominance in the UK.

UK to launch “Digital Markets Unit” to curtail dominance of Facebook, Amazon and Google

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Alok Sharma Charged CMA Competition and Markets Authority Digital Markets Unit

November 27, 2020

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Facebook, Amazon and Google will soon be forced to comply with strict new rules aimed at curtailing their market dominance in the UK. The UK government is set to launch…

Just Eat Takeaway is set to create thousands of jobs in the UK following a record jump in revenues during lockdown.

Just Eat Takeaway to create thousands of jobs and invest “tens of millions” in UK after record results

Apps / Mobile Delivery / Supply Chain

CMA Competition and Markets Authority Grubhub Just Eat Takeaway

August 13, 2020

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Just Eat Takeaway is set to create thousands of jobs in the UK following a record jump in revenues during lockdown. Just Eat Takeaway, which became the world’s largest food…

Facebook groups creating fake Amazon reviews to boost sales are rampant despite the platform signing an agreement to better tackle the issue.

Facebook groups selling fake Amazon reviews still rampant “leaving shoppers at huge risk”

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Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Ebay Facebook Which?

August 13, 2020

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Facebook groups creating fake Amazon reviews to boost sales are rampant despite the platform signing an agreement to better tackle the issue. Which? has found that dozens of Facebook groups,…

Deliveroo is set to hire 15,000 new riders over the next three months as new partnerships with retailers and restaurants “soar”.

Amazon given final approval to take 16% of Deliveroo after a year of investigations

Delivery / Supply Chain

Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo

August 5, 2020

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Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has been given the final approval by the UK’s competition watchdog after facing a massive backlash from competitors. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said…

Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has once again been slammed by its rivals who claim the competition and markets authority’s (CMA) decision to let it go ahead is “incomplete and unsafe”.

Amazon Deliveroo deal could create “gaping hole in UK merger regime” according to rival Domino’s

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain

Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo Dominos Just Eat Takeaway

July 16, 2020

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Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has once again been slammed by its rivals who claim the competition and markets authority’s (CMA) decision to let it go ahead is “incomplete and…

Amazon has come under fire after three of its sellers were charged with price gouging hand sanitizer by New York’s attorney general.

Hand sanitiser prices 400% on average during height of pandemic as CMA warns price gougers

Industry News

British Retail Consortium CMA Federation of Wholesale Distributors Hand Sanitiser Price Gouging The Association of Convenience stores

July 6, 2020

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Hand sanitiser prices shot up by and average of 400 per cent in the UK during lockdown according to a new report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The…

Deliveroo has sparked fresh speculation that it is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO) after appointing a new chief financial officer.

Amazon to take 16% stake in Deliveroo as deal approved a second time

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain Industry

Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo

June 25, 2020

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Amazon will be allowed to purchase a 16 per cent stake in Deliveroo as the UK’s competition watchdog approves the deal for a second time. The Competition and Markets Authority…

Deliveroo has appointed fashion retail giant Next’s chief executive Lord Simon Wolfson to its board as the company prepares for what could be this year’s largest initial public offering (IPO).

Amazon Deliveroo tie up set to be given second green light by CMA

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce Industry

Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo Just Eat Takeaway

June 24, 2020

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Amazon’s tie up with Deliveroo is expected to be provisionally approved for a second time by the UK competition watchdog this week, though under different terms. The Competition and Markets…

4 UK retailers under investigation for charging “excessive and unfair prices” for hand sanitiser

Industry News

CMA Competition and Markets Authority Hand Sanitiser

June 22, 2020

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Four UK pharmacies and convenience stores are being investigated for charging “excessive and unfair prices” for hand sanitiser after receiving thousands of complaints. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said…

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Customers may be being “manipulated or misled” by retailers’ algorithms

UK to launch “Digital Markets Unit” to curtail dominance of Facebook, Amazon and Google

Just Eat Takeaway to create thousands of jobs and invest “tens of millions” in UK after record results

Facebook groups selling fake Amazon reviews still rampant “leaving shoppers at huge risk”

Amazon given final approval to take 16% of Deliveroo after a year of investigations

Amazon Deliveroo deal could create “gaping hole in UK merger regime” according to rival Domino’s

Hand sanitiser prices 400% on average during height of pandemic as CMA warns price gougers

Amazon to take 16% stake in Deliveroo as deal approved a second time

Amazon Deliveroo tie up set to be given second green light by CMA

4 UK retailers under investigation for charging “excessive and unfair prices” for hand sanitiser

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