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2026年3月12日 上午10:09 UTC 更新于1小时前
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3月12日（路透社）- 据路透社看到的一封信件显示，马萨诸塞州美国参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦正在要求亚马逊(AMZN.O)首席执行官安迪·贾西(Andy Jazzy)提供其采购平台的算法定价和合同做法的详细信息。此前一个倡导组织称，一些学校和地方政府购买办公用品的价格比附近其他地区更高。
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- “亚马逊商业平台没有像采购领域通常那样为所有买家提供固定价格，而是让买家承受算法驱动的动态定价，这迫使学区和地方政府为基本商品支付不断变化、往往被虚高的成本。”沃伦参议员在信中表示。
- 加利福尼亚州和纽约州等州以及美国联邦贸易委员会已对收集和使用个人数据来确定价格表示关切。
- 倡导组织“地方自力更生研究所”12月发布的一份报告称，亚马逊商业平台的算法定价让该公司能够秘密提高价格。
- 根据该研究所的报告，一个城市购买一包Sharpies马克笔的价格是附近另一个学区的三倍。
- 沃伦向亚马逊提出了十几个问题，包括它如何确定地方政府和学区的价格，以及如何使用个人消费者数据来定价。
- 沃伦在2月份代表银行、住房和城市事务委员会致函亚马逊，要求提供有关其电子商务平台上关税导致的价格上涨的信息，以及如果该公司收到美国最高法院最近裁定为非法的关税支付退款，是否计划降低价格。
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US Senator Warren presses Amazon on contracting, pricing practices for local governments and schools
By Arriana McLymore
March 12, 2026 10:09 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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March 12 (Reuters) – U.S Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is asking Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab CEO Andy Jazzy to provide details on its algorithmic pricing and contracting practices for the company’s procurement platform after an advocacy group said some schools and local governments paid more for office supplies compared to others in nearby locations, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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- “Instead of offering fixed prices for all buyers, which are typical in the procurement space, Amazon Business subjects buyers to algorithm-driven dynamic pricing that forces school districts and local governments to pay ever-changing, often inflated costs for essential goods,” Sen. Warren said in the letter.
- States including California and New York, along with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, have raised concerns about the collection and use of personal data to determine prices
- Advocacy group Institute for Local Self-Reliance in December released a report saying algorithmic pricing by Amazon Business lets the company covertly raise prices.
- One city paid three times as much for a pack of Sharpies as another nearby school district, according to the ILSR report.
- Warren asked Amazon a dozen questions about how it determines prices for local governments and school districts, and its use of personal consumer data to set prices.
- Warren in February sent a letter to Amazon on behalf of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs requesting information about tariff-induced price increases on its e-commerce marketplace and if the company plans to decrease prices if it receives refunds for tariff payments recently deemed illegal by the US Supreme Court.
Reporting by Arriana McLymore in New York; Editing by David Gaffen
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