Retailers Eager to Lodge Antitrust Complaints Against Amazon and Google
- Tech giants risk harming consumers, industry group says
- Retailers ready to aid FTC, DOJ, lawmakers on tech probes
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A leading U.S. retail group, whose members include Walmart Inc., is eager to aid antitrust enforcers that are poised to investigate whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are harming competition.
The Retail Industry Leaders Association, which also represents Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. among others, said it’s prepared to present their concerns to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, which have carved up antitrust oversight of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies.