Amazon says France's new bill is 'discrimination'

BBC News

France's new bill supporting independent bookstores against competition from web-based retailers introduces "discrimination against online consumers", said Amazon.

Companies like Amazon are restricted from offering combined 5% reductions and free deliveries under the new laws.
Amazon said the measures would "reduce French people's spending power".
The country's 3,000 independent bookshops had complained they can't compete with cut-price offers online.
The opposition right-wing party UMP proposed the bill, but it also has the support of the left.

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