Amazon.com branded 'Grinch that stole Christmas trade'
Outrage from booksellers over online discount given to shoppers who report high-street prices
An Amazon.com promotion, which offered customers a discount if they let Amazon know the prices of items for sale in traditional shops, has provoked widespread anger, drawing a rebuke from a senator and seeing it compared to Dr Seuss's Christmas-stealing Grinch.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 13 December, 2011
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