Participation in Prime Day is optional for Amazon vendors, but the e-commerce giant spends millions promoting the shopping holiday each year, inciting merchants with the opportunity to sell their

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Some third-party Amazon merchants (NASDAQ:AMZN) who previously sold China-made goods during Prime Day are sitting it out this year or reducing the amount of discounted merchandise they offer, according to an exclusive Reuters report from Monday.