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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8924

9 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Green light for AS Watson purchase of Marionnaud

Brussels, 08/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The planned purchase of all shares in the French perfumer Marionnaud by AS Watson, which belongs to the Hong-Kong based group Hutchison Whampoa Limited has been approved by the Commission. Marionnaud Parfumeries operated in retail sales of luxury perfumes and cosmetics and AS Watson runs retail chains for food and household products, health and beauty products and consumer electronic goods in the USA and Asia. Within the EU, the group is mainly active...

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