Amazon Jettisons Plans for $1.7 Billion iRobot Purchase

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CEO and Chairman <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinangle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colin Angle</a> will also step down, the company said Monday.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">These decisions are being made so iRobot can “rapidly align our operating model and cost structure to our future as a standalone company,” board chairman Andrew Miller said.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The announcement follows reports from last week that Amazon had met with EU representatives who told them the deal was <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/connectedeconomy/2024/flutter-soars-irobot-crashes-on-amazon-deal-doubt-as-ce-100-index-dips-0-6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">likely to be rejected</a>, though a final decision wouldn’t come until next month.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon missed a deadline last week to submit remedies that would have addressed the EU’s concerns over the deal’s impact on competition.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The European Commission (EC) had launched an investigation into the acquisition during the summer of 2023.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">“Amazon is both an online marketplace and a retailer,” Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president in charge of competition policy at the EC, said in a news release. “We are concerned that, by acquiring iRobot, Amazon may use such <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/antitrust/2023/european-commission-opens-investigation-amazon-planned-acquisition-irobot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dual role</a> to foreclose access by iRobot’s rivals to its marketplace. With our in-depth investigation, we will also investigate whether Amazon would use data collected by iRobot to strengthen its position as an online marketplace provider.”</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Two months later, the EC reportedly <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/acquisitions/2023/european-commission-delays-decision-on-amazons-acquisition-of-irobot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended its investigation</a>, saying that it was missing crucial information from both companies.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The cancellation of the deal is happening at a time when consumers are growing more <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/connectedeconomy/2023/smartphones-smart-tvs-drive-surge-in-connected-device-ownership-in-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comfortable with smart devices</a> in their homes.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">For example, as noted here last month, “ownership of smart refrigerators has risen from 5% in 2019 to 9% in 2023, indicating a growing interest in 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