3. In February 2015, Staples announced its intention to acquire Office Depot. At the time, Staples had an approximate market share of 35% and Office Depot had a market share of 26%, with all other firms having a combined market share of 39%. In December 2015 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit seeking to block the staple office depot merger are you in such a merger would be anti-competitive resulting in higher prices of office supplies. Utilizing the merger guidelines of 1982( treating the market share of all other firms as remaining 39% while the post-merger market share of Staples Office-Depot would be the sum of their pre-merger market shares), argue why the FTC thought to block the merger a Staples and Office Depot
3. In February 2015, Staples announced its intention to acquire Office Depot. At the time, Staples had an approximate market share of 35% and Office Depot had a market share of 26%, with all other firms having a combined market share of 39%. In December 2015 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit seeking to block the staple office depot merger are you in such a merger would be anti-competitive resulting in higher prices of office supplies. Utilizing the merger guidelines of 1982( treating the market share of all other firms as remaining 39% while the post-merger market share of Staples Office-Depot would be the sum of their pre-merger market shares), argue why the FTC thought to block the merger a Staples and Office Depot
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