Etail probe: CCI chats with third-party sellers for more information

India’s antitrust regulator has reached out to independent sellers as part of its probe against ecommerce firms Amazon India and Flipkart, sources aware of the matter said.

This is part of the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) ongoing investigation against the e-tailers over issues like deep discounting and preferential treatment of select sellers.

In its conversation with some merchants last week, CCI sought details of how certain sellers were allegedly given preferential treatment, as mentioned in the original complaints by trade bodies such as Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and the Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh (DVM).