Retail - Competition & Markets Authority

UK Competition Watchdog To Probe Morrisons' Purchase Of McColl's

Britain's competition regulator is to investigate supermarket group Morrisons' purchase of convenience store chain McColl's out of administration.

New Morrisons Owner Avoids Deal Probe With Petrol Station Sale

Britain's competition regulator has proposed to accept an offer from supermarket group Morrisons' new private equity owner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (C...

UK Competition Regulator Accepts Issa Brothers' Offer On Asda Deal

Britain's competition regulator has accepted an offer from the new owners of the Asda supermarket chain to sell 27 petrol stations, in order to satisfy con...

Sainsbury's-Asda Store Disposal Plan Falls Short Of Watchdog's Demands

British supermarkets Sainsbury's and Asda said they were willing to sell 125-150 stores to get their proposed merger past the regulator - a number well sho...

Sainsbury’s, Asda Reject CMA’s ‘Extensive’ Concerns Over Planned Merger

Sainsbury’s and Asda have hit back at a Competition and Market Authority statement in which the watchdog stated it had ‘extensive competition c...

Suppliers Fearful Over Sainsbury's-Asda Merger, Submissions Find

An unidentified major supplier to the UK supermarket sector has said that the planned merger between Sainsbury's and Asda would likely 'harm consumers' and...

Sainsbury’s-Asda Merger Referred For ‘In-Depth’ CMA Investigation

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda for an ‘in-depth’ Ph...

UK's CMA Appoints Oxford Professor To Assist With Sainsbury's-Asda Merger

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it is instructing Howard Smith, Associate Professor of Economics at Oxford University,...

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Competition Concerns Raised Over Sainsbury's-Asda Merger: CMA

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