Is iRobot's demise a sign that competition and innovation in the market for robot vacuum cleaners *are indeed working*? #Discuss

 

Who's innovating here? What about data protection? The whole dilemma...

European Union: the Commission’s evolving approach to digital mergers

 GCR, here.

Statement by Executive Vice-President Vestager on announcement by Amazon and iRobot to abandon their transaction

 Here. 

Commission sends Amazon Statement of Objections over proposed acquisition of iRobot

 PR here. 

Ecosystem Theory of Harm

 Capitol Forum, here.

What a tiny precedent could do...

 

CMA: Amazon / iRobot merger merger decision

 Here. 

Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of iRobot by Amazon

 EC, here. More, from #NatashaTheGreat here.

Amazon’s purchase of Roomba maker cleared by CMA

 CMA, here. 

Submissions to the UK and EU competition authorities on the Amazon/iRobot merger

 Privacy International, here.

Joint submission to the European Commission (Directorate-General for Competition) on the proposed merger of Amazon and iRobot

 Civil Society Orgs, here.