When Canadian Tire announced plans to acquire sports retailer, Forzani Group, CRA’s experts undertook economic analysis to measure the extent of diversion between Canadian Tire’s and Forzani’s retail stores. Our work included econometric analysis of the extent to which Canadian Tire’s prices were national or responded to local competition. The Bureau cleared the merger.
Does your merger trigger Canada’s “rebuttable structural presumption”?
This article, authored by CRA’s Ian Cass, provides a brief reference guide along with a visual tool to help assess whether a merger meets the prescribed market...