Amazon’s Tough Stance on Prices Prompts Brands to Pull Products

Selling on Amazon is getting tougher for some big brands. In recent months, Amazon has rebuffed requests from some of the company’s wholesale suppliers to increase what it pays for their inventory, forcing brands to swallow higher costs related to tariffs, and more recently, oil prices, according to people who work with consumer brands like Colgate and Adidas and help them manage their relationships with Amazon. One result is that some brands are scaling back what they sell directly through...