Semigroups satisfying (xy)m = xmym

In this paper we characterize Archimedean semigroups with idempotents satisfying (xy)^m = x^my^m as exactly those semigroups which are a retract extension of a completely simple semigroup satisfying (xy)^m = x^my^m by a nil semigroup satisfying (xy)^m = x^my^m. Regular semigroups satisfying (xy)² = x²y² are exactly those semigroups which are a spined product of a band and a semigroup which is a semilattice of Abelian groups. A semigroup which is a nil extension of a regular semigroup satisfies (xy)² = x²y² if and only if it is a retract extension of a regular semigroup satisfying (xy)² = x²y² by a nil semigroup satisfying (xy)² = x²y²