NEW YORK, NY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Amazon faces an
antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and
17 state attorneys general for what they call monopolistic
pricing to customers and fees to the e-retailers' third-party
sellers. 
    
Amazon maintains that its pricing strategies and tactics help
create competition for its merchants on and off the platform,
and that reconstructing the retail giant's business models will
lead to higher prices and slower and less reliable shipping
speeds.
    
The FTC's lawsuit is expected face many hurdles, but will be a
warning sign for other online marketplaces that have launched in
the U.S. on how to interact with customers and third-party
sellers. Here is a list of the retailers who have launched
online marketplaces since the FTC began investigating Amazon in
2019. 
    
 Company name               Announcement date 
 Tik Tok Shop (US)          September 12, 2023
 Shein                      May 4, 2023 
 Kohl's                     March 29, 2023 **
                            Expanded pilot 
 Michaels                   February 27, 2023
 Macy's                     September 28, 2022
 Temu                       September 13, 2022
 Bed, Bath and Beyond (now  November 21, 2021 
 Overstock.com)             
 Hudson's Bay               March 22, 2021 
 Kroger                     August 11, 2020
 Target+                    February 25, 2019 
 
    
 (Reporting by Arriana McLymore in New York City; Editing by
David Gregorio)