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最新消息：加州總檢察長公佈亞馬遜涉嫌操縱價格的證據

-- （更新：亞馬遜和沃爾瑪已對置評請求作出回應。） 加州總檢察長羅伯邦塔週一公開了針對亞馬遜（AMZN）的訴訟案的證據。他表示，這些證據表明，這家線上零售巨頭及其供應商和競爭對手，如塔吉特（TGT）、沃爾瑪（WMT）、Chewy（CHWY）、百思買（BBY）和家得寶（HD），串通抬高了各自平台上的零售價格。 邦塔在一份聲明中表示：“我們發現的證據清晰明了：亞馬遜正在努力讓你的生活變得更加難以負擔。該公司操縱價格，與供應商和其他零售商串通，將美國人的消費成本提高到市場所需之外——遠遠超出了公平合理範圍。” 亞馬遜發言人在發給的電子郵件聲明中表示：“總檢察長的動議顯然是為了轉移人們對其案件薄弱之處的注意力。該動議是在亞馬遜提起訴訟三年多後提出的，而且其所謂的‘新’證據實際上已經掌握多年。” “亞馬遜一直被認為是美國價格最低的在線零售商，我們為在我們商店購物時能享受到我們在亞馬遜購物時能在當地的情況下做出回應而自豪的時候。 沃爾瑪發言人在發給的電子郵件聲明中表示：“我們不對未涉及我們的訴訟發表評論。我們將始終努力為顧客爭取低價。” Target、Chewy、百思買和家得寶尚未回覆的置評請求。

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