Brussels, 07/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Following a request from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK competition authority, the European Commission decided on Friday 7 January to refer assessment of the proposed acquisition of the travel businesses of Cooperative Group (CGL) and of Midlands Cooperative Society (Midlands) by Thomas Cook to the UK authorities.
Thomas Cook operates throughout Europe as a leisure tour operator, while CGL and Midlands focus on the retail distribution of...