Bazaarvoice Issues Statement on Yesterday's Antitrust Action Against by DOJ

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Bazaarvoice
BV
issued the following statement in response to the antitrust action filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding Bazaarvoice's acquisition of PowerReviews: We are disappointed with the filing of yesterday's lawsuit. We provided the DOJ with extensive documents, data, and information demonstrating that our acquisition of PowerReviews was procompetitive and did not result in a lessening of competition. We spent more than six months explaining that there is robust and ample competition in the market for social commerce engagement tools. We disagree with the DOJ's decision to ignore that evidence and we will now shift our attention to a court of law where we expect to be fully vindicated. There are a number of problems with the DOJ's complaint but perhaps none more so than their overly narrow definition of the product market. There is no single market for "product ratings and review platforms." Ratings and reviews are but one of many tools that brands and retailers can use to engage with their customers as part of an overall social commerce strategy to increase awareness of their products. Other prominent tools include Facebook, Twitter, question and answer, and community forums, and many others. We believe the
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