Walmart mulls flotation of Asda after blocked Sainsbury’s merger

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Walmart mulls flotation of Asda after blocked Sainsbury’s merger

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CX3WX9 Low price advertising signs in an Asda store, UK | Alamy Stock Photo

US retail giant Walmart said this week that it was exploring the possibility of an IPO of Asda, the UK supermarket, after its proposed £7.3bn takeover by rival Sainsbury’s was blocked by UK competition authorities. If the IPO does go ahead, there is likely to be little market appetite for the first major UK supermarket flotation for more than two decades.

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