'Soap industry' in P L Cook (ed), Effects of Mergers. Six studies
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- Author(s) Cohen, Ruth
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1958
- Pages pp221-73
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Place Published London
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- Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Assesses over the long term the effects of the mergers within the soap industry, centred on Lever Brothers Ltd, with sections on: expansion without acquisitions, 1885-1906; the abortive combine, 1905; the period of acquisitions, 1905-21; the period of consolidation, from 1921. Relates in particular to Levers' acquisition of Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd, John Knight Ltd, William Gossage & Sons Ltd and Joseph Watson & Sons Ltd