Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 40
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NewsAsda agrees to change ‘misleading’ promos as part of CMA deal
The competition regulator has asked a number of retailers to review deals but Asda is the first to make changes
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NewsSainsbury's-Home Retail deal 'unlikely' to trouble CMA
CMA decision may rest on level of consumer complaints
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NewsGovernment to call for evidence on wider Adjudicator remit
The government is to launch an official call for evidence over its plans to extend the powers of GCA to cover suppliers
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NewsPoundland shares drop in wake of Jim McCarthy announcement
Everything looked so rosy a year ago when Poundland announced it was set to swoop for high street rival 99p Stores
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News99p Stores founders to launch new single-price discount chain with Poundstretcher owner
Move comes just six months after the £55m sale of 99p Stores to Poundland
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Comment & OpinionTesco to buy Morrisons? It doesn't need to
Dave Lewis and Tesco don’t need Morrisons even if they can have them (which they probably can’t)
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News99p Stores losses balloon in run up to Poundland sale
Losses at 99p Stores grew to £11m and sales went into reverse in the run up to Poundland acquiring the business last year,.
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda Renewal: suppliers asked to stump up millions
The struggling Walmart giant has launched category-by-category negotiations with suppliers
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NewsMedia Bites 12 Feb: BOGOF, Sainsbury's, Justin King
The big news in the paper retail-wise this morning is that Sainsbury’s is planning to out all multi-buy promotions by the summer. Plus former Sainsbury’s boss wades into the building tax row.
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NewsTesco leads the multiples on offering deeper discounts
The mults’ promotional strategies are once again under intense scrutiny
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NewsMedia Bites 11 Feb: Asahi Group, Harris + Hoole, Mark Price
Asahi Group’s £2.3bn bid for Grolsch and Peroni is an “expensive route to growth”, according to the Financial Times
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Analysis & FeaturesMike Coupe, Sainsbury's CEO (6)
The true success of Coupe’s ‘successful’ £1.3bn offer for HRG will only be known in the mid term
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NewsAdjudicator Tacon trains sights on fees for shelf positioning
Supermarkets will be given eight weeks to respond to a new probe by Adjudicator Christine Tacon
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Analysis & FeaturesTacon category probe captaincy to stir up new hornet's nest
As adjudicator closes file on Tesco she opens another into practices that are “rife” in industry
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco chief product officer Jason Tarry on his Tacon to-do list
But there is more to do, admits chief product officer Jason Tarry
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Comment & OpinionTacon verdict will get a mixed reaction at best from suppliers
Tacon wants to investigate the evolution, as she calls it, of the role of category captaincy
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NewsCMA accepts MRH GB's undertakings over Esso acquisition
MRH agreement to sell two stores satisfies CMA to approve forecourt deal
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Analysis & FeaturesShare price winners and losers in 2015: from Fever-Tree to Tesco
Soft drinks plc lifts the spirits, while Sainsbury’s picks on one of the many depressed retail and supplier stocks
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Analysis & FeaturesAll the news you missed over the Christmas break
There was no turkey-induced slumber in the grocery world over the holiday with the dailies reporting on big stories
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury's pharmacy sale faces CMA scrutiny
Sainsbury’s sale of its pharmacy business to Lloyds Pharmacy is facing an in-depth investigation by the UK’s monopoly watchdog.