<p>根据周一加利福尼亚州新公布的法庭文件，亚马逊被指控通过供应商提高竞争零售商（包括沃尔玛和塔吉特）的产品价格。</p>
<p>未编辑的证据主要基于电子邮件通信，包括与利维斯、汉斯、新威尔品牌等供应商品牌提高价格的实例。</p>
<p>加利福尼亚州检察长罗伯·邦塔周一首次公开了该州对这家电子商务巨头提起诉讼的证据。该诉讼于 2022 年首次提起，声称亚马逊扼杀了竞争，导致全州价格上涨。</p>
<p>文件概述了多个实例，详细说明了亚马逊如何被指控监控竞争对手的定价，利用供应商作为中介在其他地方提高价格，然后与新提高的价格进行匹配。</p>
<p>在某些情况下，亚马逊的商品列表被压制，购买框被放弃，供应商在竞争对手处移除库存，直到达到亚马逊所寻求的提高价格。</p>
<p>在一个被指控的实例中，亚马逊向利维斯发送了两个 “关注款式” 的链接，因沃尔玛网站上的价格较低，并表示希望这些问题能在几天内 “得到解决”。利维斯回应称，它与沃尔玛进行了沟通，“他们已与我们合作” 立即提高一款卡其色款式的价格，并提供了现在已提高的沃尔玛价格链接。</p>
<p>利维斯在文件中重申：“沃尔玛与 [我们] 合作，将此作为市场最佳利益的测试进行更新。”</p>
<p>亚马逊还被指控向汉斯发送了沃尔玛和塔吉特网站的链接，显示价格低于亚马逊的价格。汉斯回应称，它 “已联系沃尔玛和塔吉特以提高价格。”</p>
<p>此外，亚马逊还被指控询问家居用品和装饰供应商 Linon 是否有任何措施可以确保竞争对手的价格下降问题得到永久解决，并不会再次发生。作为回应，Linon 同意从竞争对手处移除库存。</p>
<p>新威尔品牌（Rubbermaid 和 Paper Mate 的拥有者）提醒亚马逊，它生产的一款标签机面临 “因造成高干扰而被关闭” 的风险。亚马逊回应同意 “暂时放弃购买框”，以 “给沃尔玛和塔吉特提高价格的时间，然后我们将进行匹配。”</p>
<p>在另一个实例中，亚马逊被指控告诉供应商 Armen Living，如果定价问题未能解决，它将在接下来的几天内 “从 [亚马逊的] 网站上移除所有四款 [产品]”，这正好是在黑色星期五和网络星期一购物活动之前。</p>
<p>邦塔检察长在 2 月份提交了初步禁令请求，要求旧金山高等法院在诉讼进行期间暂停亚马逊的一些行为。</p>
<p>在回应 Retail Dive 的评论请求时，亚马逊表示邦塔的动议案是一个薄弱的案例，并称该公司 “始终被认为是美国最低价的在线零售商。”</p>
<p>亚马逊没有立即回应 Retail Dive 的后续问题，询问该公司是否通常要求供应商在竞争对手网站上提高价格。</p>
<p>未编辑的文件还指控亚马逊培训员工掩盖价格操控行为的书面证据。亚马逊的价格培训告诉员工，如果 “需要提及具体例子、在谈判增量价格匹配资金时，或突出渠道中的活动”，则 “不要使用电子邮件”。</p>
<p>“如此多的大型零售商被卷入这一计划，应该让这个经济中的每个参与者都感到警惕，” 美国经济自由项目的高级法律顾问李·赫普纳告诉 Retail Dive。“我们通常谈论亚马逊对平台上成千上万的小型第三方卖家的不利影响，但当你看到亚马逊的行为正在强迫包括利维斯和汉斯在内的非常大型零售商时，这为亚马逊的危害增添了新的维度。”</p>
<p>塔吉特和利维斯没有回应 Retail Dive 的评论请求。</p>
<p>沃尔玛告诉 Retail Dive，它不 “对我们不是当事方的诉讼发表评论”，并补充说它 “将始终努力为我们的客户保持低价。”</p>
<p>初步禁令动议的听证会定于 7 月 23 日，案件预计将在 1 月进行审判。</p>

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<p>亚马逊在加利福尼亚州面临一项诉讼，指控其施压供应商提高在沃尔玛和塔吉特等竞争零售商的价格。电子邮件沟通的证据显示，亚马逊监控竞争对手的定价，并利用供应商实施价格上涨。案例包括李维斯和汉斯与亚马逊合作调整竞争对手的价格。加利福尼亚州检察长寻求初步禁令，以在案件进行期间停止亚马逊的做法。亚马逊声称该诉讼缺乏依据，坚称自己是价格最低的在线零售商。听证会定于 7 月 23 日举行，审判定于 1 月进行</p>

<p>Amazon allegedly worked through vendors to raise prices on products at competing retailers, including Walmart and Target, according to a newly unredacted court filing from California on Monday.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据周一加利福尼亚州新公布的法庭文件，亚马逊被指控通过供应商提高竞争零售商（包括沃尔玛和塔吉特）的产品价格。</p>
</div><p>The unredacted evidence, largely based on email communications, includes instances of raising prices with vendor brands such as Levi’s, Hanes, Newell Brands and more.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>未编辑的证据主要基于电子邮件通信，包括与利维斯、汉斯、新威尔品牌等供应商品牌提高价格的实例。</p>
</div><p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday debuted the public release of evidence in a lawsuit the state has against the e-commerce giant. The lawsuit was first filed in 2022 and claims Amazon stifled competition, which led to increased prices across the state.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>加利福尼亚州检察长罗伯·邦塔周一首次公开了该州对这家电子商务巨头提起诉讼的证据。该诉讼于 2022 年首次提起，声称亚马逊扼杀了竞争，导致全州价格上涨。</p>
</div><p>The filing outlines several instances that detail how Amazon allegedly monitors competitors’ pricing, using vendors as middlemen to raise prices elsewhere and then price match the newly heightened rate.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>文件概述了多个实例，详细说明了亚马逊如何被指控监控竞争对手的定价，利用供应商作为中介在其他地方提高价格，然后与新提高的价格进行匹配。</p>
</div><p>In some cases, listings were allegedly suppressed on Amazon, buy boxes were ceded, and vendors removed inventory at competitors until the heightened rates Amazon sought were achieved.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在某些情况下，亚马逊的商品列表被压制，购买框被放弃，供应商在竞争对手处移除库存，直到达到亚马逊所寻求的提高价格。</p>
</div><p>In one alleged instance, Amazon sent Levi’s links to two “styles of concern&#34; due to lower prices on Walmart's website, noting it hoped these can “get resolved” within a few days. Levi’s responded, saying it spoke to Walmart and “they have partnered with us to” raise the price on a khaki style immediately, providing links to the now increased Walmart price.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在一个被指控的实例中，亚马逊向利维斯发送了两个 “关注款式” 的链接，因沃尔玛网站上的价格较低，并表示希望这些问题能在几天内 “得到解决”。利维斯回应称，它与沃尔玛进行了沟通，“他们已与我们合作” 立即提高一款卡其色款式的价格，并提供了现在已提高的沃尔玛价格链接。</p>
</div><p>“Walmart partnered with [us] to update this as a test for the best interest of the marketplace,” Levi’s reiterated to Amazon, according to the filing.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>利维斯在文件中重申：“沃尔玛与 [我们] 合作，将此作为市场最佳利益的测试进行更新。”</p>
</div><p>Amazon allegedly also sent Hanes links to Target and Walmart’s websites, showing lower prices than what was on Amazon. Hanes responded, saying it “reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>亚马逊还被指控向汉斯发送了沃尔玛和塔吉特网站的链接，显示价格低于亚马逊的价格。汉斯回应称，它 “已联系沃尔玛和塔吉特以提高价格。”</p>
</div><p>Additionally, Amazon allegedly asked home furnishings and decor vendor Linon if there was anything it could do to ensure a price drop at competitors was resolved permanently and wouldn’t happen again. In response, Linon agreed to remove inventory from the competitor.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>此外，亚马逊还被指控询问家居用品和装饰供应商 Linon 是否有任何措施可以确保竞争对手的价格下降问题得到永久解决，并不会再次发生。作为回应，Linon 同意从竞争对手处移除库存。</p>
</div><p>Newell Brands — owner of Rubbermaid and Paper Mate — alerted Amazon that a label maker it produces was at risk of “being shut off for Amazon as it’s causing high disruption.” Amazon responded by agreeing to “temporarily cede the buy box” to “give time for Walmart and Target to raise their prices, which we would then match.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>新威尔品牌（Rubbermaid 和 Paper Mate 的拥有者）提醒亚马逊，它生产的一款标签机面临 “因造成高干扰而被关闭” 的风险。亚马逊回应同意 “暂时放弃购买框”，以 “给沃尔玛和塔吉特提高价格的时间，然后我们将进行匹配。”</p>
</div><p>In another instance, Amazon allegedly told a vendor, Armen Living, that it would “remove all four of [the products] from [Amazon’s] website in the next few days” if a pricing issue wasn’t resolved, which would have been just before the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping events.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在另一个实例中，亚马逊被指控告诉供应商 Armen Living，如果定价问题未能解决，它将在接下来的几天内 “从 [亚马逊的] 网站上移除所有四款 [产品]”，这正好是在黑色星期五和网络星期一购物活动之前。</p>
</div><p>Attorney General Bonta filed a request for a preliminary injunction in February, asking the San Francisco Superior Court to halt some of Amazon’s conduct while the lawsuit proceeds.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>邦塔检察长在 2 月份提交了初步禁令请求，要求旧金山高等法院在诉讼进行期间暂停亚马逊的一些行为。</p>
</div><p>In response to Retail Dive’s request for comment, Amazon said Bonta’s motion had a weak case and that the company is “consistently identified as America’s lowest-priced online retailer.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在回应 Retail Dive 的评论请求时，亚马逊表示邦塔的动议案是一个薄弱的案例，并称该公司 “始终被认为是美国最低价的在线零售商。”</p>
</div><p>Amazon did not immediately respond to Retail Dive’s follow-up question asking if it is standard practice for the company to ask vendors to work on raising prices at competitor sites.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>亚马逊没有立即回应 Retail Dive 的后续问题，询问该公司是否通常要求供应商在竞争对手网站上提高价格。</p>
</div><p>The unredacted filing also alleges that Amazon trains employees to obscure written evidence of price-fixing efforts. An Amazon price training tells employees to “not use email” if “you need to refer to specific example, when negotiating incremental price match funding, or to highlight activities in the channel,” per the filing.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>未编辑的文件还指控亚马逊培训员工掩盖价格操控行为的书面证据。亚马逊的价格培训告诉员工，如果 “需要提及具体例子、在谈判增量价格匹配资金时，或突出渠道中的活动”，则 “不要使用电子邮件”。</p>
</div><p>“The fact that so many major retailers were implicated in this scheme should give every participant in this economy pause,” Lee Hepner, senior legal counsel for the American Economic Liberties Project, told Retail Dive. “We tend to talk about Amazon as having an adverse effect on thousands of smaller third-party sellers on the platform, but when you see that Amazon's conduct is coercing very large retailers, including Levi's and Hanes, that is a new dimension to the scale of Amazon's harm.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“如此多的大型零售商被卷入这一计划，应该让这个经济中的每个参与者都感到警惕，” 美国经济自由项目的高级法律顾问李·赫普纳告诉 Retail Dive。“我们通常谈论亚马逊对平台上成千上万的小型第三方卖家的不利影响，但当你看到亚马逊的行为正在强迫包括利维斯和汉斯在内的非常大型零售商时，这为亚马逊的危害增添了新的维度。”</p>
</div><p>Target and Levi’s did not respond to requests for comment from Retail Dive.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>塔吉特和利维斯没有回应 Retail Dive 的评论请求。</p>
</div><p>Walmart told Retail Dive it does not “comment on litigation in which we are not a party,” adding that it “will always work hard on behalf of our customers to keep our prices low.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>沃尔玛告诉 Retail Dive，它不 “对我们不是当事方的诉讼发表评论”，并补充说它 “将始终努力为我们的客户保持低价。”</p>
</div><p>The hearing on the preliminary injunction motion is set for July 23, and the case is scheduled to go to trial in January.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>初步禁令动议的听证会定于 7 月 23 日，案件预计将在 1 月进行审判。</p>
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亚马逊被指控推动供应商在 Target 和 Walmart 设定更高的价格