# Newly unsealed emails reveal the sneaky ways that Amazon colludes with rivals to raise prices across the Internet.

*business · news · 2026-04-21 · Ars Technica*

## Key points

- Newly unsealed emails reveal Amazon coordinated with rivals to intentionally raise prices across major product categories.
- Amazon pressured vendors to remove lower-priced products from competing platforms, especially before major sales events.
- Emails show vendors urgently complied with Amazon's price-hike requests, sometimes increasing prices within a day.
- Amazon allegedly instructs employees to avoid written discussions of price-fixing, preferring calls due to the delicacy.
- California alleges explicit price-fixing by Amazon is systemic and has cost consumers millions in higher prices.

**Companies:** Amazon, Walmart, Chewy, GlobalOne, All the Rages, Scotts, Armen Living
**Countries:** United States

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