(Reuters) - Shares of audio device makers Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) Inc and Logitech (NASDAQ:LOGI) fell on Tuesday after their speakers were removed from Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s online stores.
Apple's website now only has products from Beats, a company it bought in 2014, and its own speakers and headphones, checks made by Reuters on Tuesday showed.
"We regularly make changes to the products we sell as new third-party accessories are introduced or customers' needs change," an Apple spokesman said in an email.
Shares of Switzerland-based Logitech were down 5.7%, while Sonos fell 3.2% on the Nasdaq.
Cupertino, California-based Apple has taken this approach in the past around new product launches. It stopped selling Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) Inc's fitness bands and smart watches after coming up with the Apple Watch, according to media reports.
Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/33BYc8C late on Monday that the rival products were removed from its online store in late September and that its employees at their brick-and-mortar stores were also asked to remove the products in recent days.