Germany probes Amazon and Apple over "brandgating", an Amazon practice that removes independent sellers of branded products from companies like Apple (Karin Matussek/Bloomberg)

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Germany probes Amazon and Apple over “brandgating”, an Amazon practice that removes independent sellers of branded products from companies like Apple  —  - Federal Cartel Office investigates brand-product agreements  — Banning other brand product sellers may violate antitrust law