Price Gouging
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Price gouging on Amazon’s marketplace remains “very much an issue” despite widespread attempts from the retailer to crack down on the phenomenon.
Amazon’s marketplace is still rife with examples of…
Read MoreAmazon sellers fined and forced to refund customers $23,000 after price gouging hand sanitiser
Amazon has come under fire after three of its sellers were charged with price gouging hand sanitiser by New York’s attorney general.
Three third-party sellers have been fined more than…
Read MoreHand sanitiser prices 400% on average during height of pandemic as CMA warns price gougers
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…
Read MoreCMA calls for new “emergency time-limited” laws to tackle price-gouging
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is lobbying for “emergency time-limited legislation” to tackle sellers profiteering from the coronavirus crisis.
Price gouging has been an unfortunate bi-product of the nationwide…
Read MoreGovernment exploring “wartime” measures to prevent profiteering on online platforms
New “wartime” measures could be brought in by the government to prevent sellers profiteering from essential items in high demand during the UK’s lockdown.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke out…
Read MoreEbay imposes “Emergency Listing Restrictions” to tackle price gougers
Ebay is imposing “Emergency Listing Restrictions” to help tackle price gouging on its platform amid calls for online sellers to do more.
The online marketplace informed its sellers this week…
Read MoreAmazon is struggling to tackle virus price gouging: Here’s why
Amazon is struggling to contain the spread of price gouging on its site as “bad actors” drive up the prices of highly demanded goods.
US Senator Edward Markey called on…
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