Amazon’s $1.7 bn deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot gets UK approval

British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the USD 1.7 billion deal still faces scrutiny in the United States and Europe.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it decided not to escalate its initial investigation because it concluded that the deal would not result in a substantial lessening of competition within the United Kingdom.

Amazon said it was pleased with the result.

We look forward to similar decisions from other regulators soon, the company said in a statement.