加利福尼亚州指控亚马逊实施价格操纵计划，迫使批发供应商提高Target、沃尔玛、Chewy和百思买等竞争对手商店的商品价格。
The state of California is accusing Amazon of a price-fixing scheme that pushes wholesale vendors to raise prices at competing stores like Target, Walmart, Chewy, and Best Buy.
该州称，经过证据收集程序，现已掌握了能够证明这一行为的凭证。
And the state says, after the discovery process, it now has receipts to prove it.
此案的核心证据是亚马逊供应商经理与Levi's、GlobalOne、Hanes及Scotts Miracle-Gro等品牌之间的多封电子邮件往来。
The case centers on several email exchanges between Amazon vendor managers and brands like Levi's, GlobalOne, Hanes, and Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Business Insider获取了完整的案件档案，仔细查阅了数百页文档及十余份邮件记录，旨在调查亚马逊是否凭借自身作为美国最大电商平台的地位，迫使供应商提高其他零售商的售价。
Business Insider obtained the full case file and reviewed hundreds of pages of documents and over a dozen email exchanges to investigate if Amazon uses its influence as the largest e-commerce company in the United States to compel vendors to raise prices at competing retailers.
我们还采访了多位第三方卖家，例如“Bed Scrunchie”产品的发明者，他们也表示曾受到亚马逊施压，要求其在其他零售渠道提高定价。那么，亚马逊是否已经变得过于庞大且具备强大影响力？它是否真的在利用自身实力推高全市场的商品价格呢？
We also spoke with several third-party sellers, like the inventors of the Bed Scrunchie, who say they, too, are pressured by Amazon to raise prices at other retailers. So, has Amazon become too big and powerful? And is it possible the company is using its power to drive up prices everywhere?