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C/E/584. Competition Commission's Grocery Market Investigation

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2350
DATE:
2010
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This paper reviews and analyses the Competition Commissions final report on its grocery market investigation. The paper introduces by describing and defining the competition commission, as well as the history behind it. The paper explains how the investigation was conducted, for example surveys of grocers, suppliers and local market retailers, data on 14,000 grocery stores across the UK, and 25 site visits across the UK. The main findings of the report are analysed, as is the market concentration. The paper describes the competition between convenience stores and supermarkets, and discusses buyer power and the waterbed effect. The paper concludes by analysing the findings and discussing the remedies for the preliminary concerns.

 

KEYWORDS: Competition commission, grocery market investigation, grocery stores, suppliers, UK, supermarkets, buyer power, waterbed effect,

 
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