08-04-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com

Exclusive: Mexico's Walmart pressures suppliers on pricing, forcing some to ditch Amazon

The tough tactics come as the two giants battle for supremacy in one of their most important foreign markets, one that Walmart currently dominates.Walmart last year demanded discounts from food businesses whose products it found priced lower on the Mexican website of Amazon.com Inc, the people said, even though suppliers had no say in the Seattle retailer's decision to undercut Walmart on price.Two suppliers told Reuters they moved swiftly to pull their brands from Amazon, wary of jeopardizing t
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