Merger

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,...

Merger, Acquisition Activity Booming In UK After Brexit Vote

Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit wou...

Sainsbury's, Asda Merger Poses "No Concerns At All": Regulator

British groceries code adjudicator Christine Tacon told members of Parliament at a committee hearing on Wednesday that she held “no concerns at all&q...

European Shares End April On A High As Sainsbury/Asda Merger Shakes Up Retail

A multi-billion pound merger between British supermarket Sainsbury's and Asda shook up retail stocks on Monday while European benchmarks ended April with t...

Sainsbury’s/Asda Confirm Merger Plans: What The Analysts Said

The news that Sainsbury’s and Asda, the UK’s number two and number three supermarkets respectively, could be on the verge of a historic merger,...

UK Competition Authorities Clear The Co-Operative's Takeover Of Nisa

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has cleared the purchase of grocery wholesaler Nisa Retail by The Co-operative Group...

Frans Muller Rumoured To Succeed Boer As Ahold Delhaize CEO This Week: Reports

Ahold Delhaize's deputy CEO, Frans Muller, is poised to take over from Dick Boer at the head of the retail giant, according to newspaper reports. Belgia...