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Sainsbury's and Asda merger - Interview topic
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 10412" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I think it's quite likely this topic will come up in some interviews this year. In addition to M&A and finance scenarios, competition comes up a fair bit and this is a great case study for interviewers to use.</p><p></p><p>You can use this thread to share any links or comments on the proposed merger.</p><p></p><p>Currently, the two supermarkets are battling the UK competition authority, the Competition and Markets Authority, which warned that it could block a merger unless they made some significant changes. ([USER=525]@Sara Moon[/USER] covered this in more detail in the February <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-update-february-2019.1222/#post-9791" target="_blank"><u>commercial awareness update</u></a>).</p><p></p><p>Sainsbury's and Asda have offered to sell between 120 and 150 supermarkets if allowed to merge- <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47669614" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47669614</a></p><p></p><p>Some interesting charts from the <u><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43947212" target="_blank">BBC</a></u>: </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]859[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 10412, member: 1"] I think it's quite likely this topic will come up in some interviews this year. In addition to M&A and finance scenarios, competition comes up a fair bit and this is a great case study for interviewers to use. You can use this thread to share any links or comments on the proposed merger. Currently, the two supermarkets are battling the UK competition authority, the Competition and Markets Authority, which warned that it could block a merger unless they made some significant changes. ([USER=525]@Sara Moon[/USER] covered this in more detail in the February [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-update-february-2019.1222/#post-9791'][U]commercial awareness update[/U][/URL]). Sainsbury's and Asda have offered to sell between 120 and 150 supermarkets if allowed to merge- [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47669614[/URL] Some interesting charts from the [U][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43947212']BBC[/URL][/U]: [ATTACH=full]859[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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