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Sainsbury's-Asda Deal Gets Boost As Discounters Included In CMA Probe

Britain's competition regulator will include German discounters Aldi and Lidl and online giant Amazon in its market probe of Sainsbury's proposed takeover...

UK Regulator Highlights Big Overlap In Sainsbury's/Asda Stores

Britain's competition regulator has identified 463 local areas where Sainsbury's and takeover target Asda's stores overlap, threatening higher prices or a...

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...

Sainsbury's-Asda Tie Up Could End Up Benefiting The Discounters: Analysis

Following the announcement by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it has now commenced a formal investigation into Sainsbury's proposed &...

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,...

Sainsbury's Says Regulator Likely To Demand Store Disposals To Clear Asda Deal

Britain's competition regulator is likely to insist on store disposals to clear Sainsbury's proposed £7.3 billion takeover of rival Asda, its CEO has...

A UK 'Big Two' Is Not Good For Shoppers In The Long Run: Analyst

Leading UK stockbroking firm Shore Capital has suggested that the creation of a 'Big Two' in the UK market, with Tesco on one side and a combined Sainsbury...

UK Competition Regulator Seeks Comment On Sainsbury's/Asda Deal

Britain's competition regulator has invited all interested parties to submit their views on a proposed £7.3 billion pound deal to combine Sainsbury's...