Rheghead
31-Oct-07, 21:47
It is now official that Tesco and Asda do not push small retailers out of business in a new Competition Commission report.
We have looked carefully at the concerns that have been raised with us regarding small shops. The evidence is that convenience stores and specialist grocers that provide consumers with a strong retail offer will prosper. This is not to say that life is easy for small retailers, but we do not see evidence of unfair distortions in competition between large grocery retailers and small stores.
We knew that anyway, didn't we?:roll::confused
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/press_rel/2007/oct/pdf/61-07.pdf
We have looked carefully at the concerns that have been raised with us regarding small shops. The evidence is that convenience stores and specialist grocers that provide consumers with a strong retail offer will prosper. This is not to say that life is easy for small retailers, but we do not see evidence of unfair distortions in competition between large grocery retailers and small stores.
We knew that anyway, didn't we?:roll::confused
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/press_rel/2007/oct/pdf/61-07.pdf