Federal Trade Commission Study Needed to Assess the Effects of Recent Divestitures on Competition in Retail Markets

The FTC analyzes mergers (both proposed & completed) for possible anticompetitive harm in the marketplace, such as price increases or reduced innovation. This report provides info. on: (1) clean sweepÓ divestitures, in which one of the merging parties divests all of its assets in the relevant product market(s), such as the retail sale of food & grocery prod. in supermarkets, within a single geog. market; (2) single buyers, who purchase all divested assets in a geog. market; & (3) upfront buyers, who are identified by the merging parties &, as agreed to by FTC, included in the proposed consent order as the buyers of the divested assets. Focuses on divestitures from FY1990-2000 for the grocery store, drug store, funeral serv., & gas station industries.Jones, Paul L. is the author of 'Federal Trade Commission Study Needed to Assess the Effects of Recent Divestitures on Competition in Retail Markets' with ISBN 9780756731809 and ISBN 0756731801.