Amazon/iRobot: CMA’s Threat to Transaction Looms Large in Europe

Published on Dec 06, 2022

Approval from the Competition and Markets Authority will likely be the biggest European regulatory hurdle for Amazon’s (AMZN) $1.7 billion plan to buy automated cleaning device maker iRobot (IRBT), sources have told The Capitol Forum.  In many ways, the deal is like Google’s (GOOGL) recent purchase of wearable device maker Fitbit: In both acquisitions, a […]

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