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March UK Ltd / GUS plc merger inquiry

Date of referral: 25.09.03 Statutory deadline: 23.12.03

Final report and Appendices & Glossary

Date published: 23.12.03

Final report
Chapter 1: Summary (PDF, 314 Kb)
Chapter 2: Conclusions (PDF, 532 Kb)
Chapter 3: The merger situation and the companies involved (PDF, 1.2 Mb)
Chapter 4: The market—home shopping (PDF, 2.2 Mb)
Chapter 5: The market—home delivery services (PDF, 1.4 Mb)
Chapter 6: The views of March UK Ltd and Littlewoods Ltd (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Chapter 7: Views of other parties & List of signatories (PDF, 1.0 Mb)

Appendices & Glossary
(The numbering of the appendices indicates the chapters to which they relate.)
Appendix 1.1: The reference and background (PDF, 146 Kb)
Appendix 3.1: Undertakings given by March UK Ltd and LW Investments Ltd to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (PDF, 145 Kb)
Appendix 3.2: Equation and reality: combined balance sheets (PDF, 195 Kb)
Appendix 3.3: Logistics services agreement (PDF, 201 Kb)
Appendix 4.1: NOP survey commissioned by the CC (PDF, 783 Kb)
Appendix 4.2: Consumer survey by OXERA submitted by USDAW (PDF, 204 Kb)
Appendix 4.3: Ownership and usage of agency mail-order catalogues (PDF, 148 Kb)
Appendix 4.4: ‘Life-style/lifestage’ classification systems (PDF, 212 Kb)
Appendix 6.1: March’s and Littlewoods’ comments on the Kempson research, November 2003 (PDF, 286 Kb)
Appendix 6.2: March’s and Littlewoods’ analysis of the Families and Children Survey (PDF, 325 Kb)
Appendix 7.1: Otto: comments on OXERA survey (PDF, 131 Kb)
Appendix 7.2: Redcats: comments on OXERA survey (PDF, 161 Kb)
Appendix 7.3: N Brown: comments on NOP survey (PDF, 221 Kb)
Appendix 7.4: N Brown: comments on OXERA survey (PDF, 130 Kb)
Appendix 7.5: Members of Parliament (PDF, 105 Kb)
Glossary (PDF, 154 Kb)