Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Tuesday quick notes

Pfizer's plan to sell their consumer brands all to one buyer may create a behemoth. The question is who's the buyer -- betting centers on Colgate and Glaxo. Listerine is the big prize, totaaly dominant in its category.

Wal-Mart has apparently liqidated its Hungarian operation, according to this short item in the Budapest Business Journal, quoting a Magyar-language source. They had been reported to be interested in acquiring a Central European operation.

Carrefour is looking for a local partner to aid expansion in Thailand. "We are open to any local retailers that are interested in expanding their hypermarket stores in the Kingdom." Carrefour wants to open smaller hypermarkets (isn't that like "jumbo shrimp"?) in provincial areas.

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