Amazon accused of price fixing by pressuring brands to keep costs high on certain products, state says

TechAmazon accused of price fixing by pressuring brands to keep costs high on certain products, state saysNewly unsealed court papers allege that the company used its ‘overwhelming bargaining leverage’ to make vendors charge more for their products on rival marketplacesIo Dodds in San Francisco Tuesday 21 April 2026 00:51 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2961474","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/amazon-price-fixing-lawsuit-california-b2961474.html","title":"Amazon accused of price fixing by pressuring brands to charge more on rival websites"}}CloseAmazon fined $6M by CaliforniaSign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Tech_Newsletter","regTitle":"IndyTech","subscriptionGroup":"indytech","subscriptionGroupId":"c9972e20-b4d1-4401-a88f-777e77be0046","type":"tech","pathPrefix":["/space","/tech","/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech","/tech/security"],"associatedAuthors":["Andrew Griffin","Anthony Cuthbertson"],"title":"Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/indyTech1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveTech","regSourceSection":"Tech","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}Amazon has been systematically fixing prices by "strong-arming" its vendors into charging more for their products on rival marketplaces, the state of California has alle...