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Competition is rivalry among sellers where each seller tries to increase sales, profits and market share by varying the marketing mix of price, product, distribution and promotion.

CMA Introduces Price Caps for Vet Bills

24th March 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – Why is VW cutting jobs? (Mar 2026)

19th March 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – Should Netflix be allowed to acquire Warner Bros? (Dec 2025)

11th December 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – How has Next benefited from the M&S cyber-attack? (Nov 2025)

6th November 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – can Virgin trains compete with Eurostar? (Mar 2025)

20th March 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why are Tesla sales in Europe declining? (Mar 2025)

3rd March 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why Gen Z is paying for ‘forever games’ (Dec 2024)

5th December 2024
IB Economics - Policies to Encourage Competition

Study Notes
Sky High Vet Bills - CMA Launches Formal Probe

12th March 2024
Royal Mail losing market share in the contestable parcels industry

29th December 2023
CMA launches probe into prices of baby formula

29th November 2023
Charlie's Bar and the Power of Viral Marketing

28th November 2023
What are some of the short-run and long-run benefits from increased competition?

Study Notes
How loyalty cards influence what we buy

16th April 2023
Tesco Raises Prices for Meal Deals

22nd October 2022
Retail Competition - Aldi becomes 4th largest UK supermarket

14th September 2022
Market Structures (Revision Quizlet Activity)

Quizzes & Activities
Subnormal profits: LG exits the smartphone industry

5th April 2021
Divestment at Tesco

17th June 2016
Ladbrokes and Coral merger approved

27th July 2016
Sainsbury takes on Amazon with 1 hour delivery service

28th September 2016
The Collapse of GB Energy

29th November 2016
Competition & Monopoly Revision Quiz

Quizzes & Activities
Privatisation of the Royal Mail

Study Notes
Perfect Competition

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Contestable Markets

Teaching PowerPoints
Perfect Competition

Teaching PowerPoints
Oligopoly - The Kinked Demand Curve

Teaching PowerPoints
E-Commerce and Market Competition

Topic Videos
Price and non-price competition in supermarket deliveries

5th September 2020
Competition heats in contestable Spanish telecoms industry

15th June 2020
CMA probes Amazon over plan to buy Deliveroo stake

28th December 2019
Competition Policy: Preston-to-Scotland rail fares capped

6th December 2019
Perfect Competition - Clear The Deck Key Term Knowledge Activity

Quizzes & Activities
Competition Policy - Specific Examples for Exams

Topic Videos
Competition and Contestability

Topic Videos
Funeral charges under the competition microscope

5th December 2018
Non-Price Competition in Markets – The UK Gym Industry

Study Notes
Understanding Imperfect Competition

Topic Videos
Strengthening Competition in Zambia

29th June 2018
The Universal Stylus Initiative - markets and complementary products

31st January 2018
Sky and BT sign content sharing deal

16th December 2017
Just Eat and Hungryhouse - Takeover Cleared

16th November 2017
Hotel booking sites to be investigated

27th October 2017
Should there be a new minimum price for books?

31st July 2017
EU Blocks Takeover of O2 by Hutchinson

12th May 2016
Innovative Monopolist vs Defensive Monopolists: Monopoly Power in the United Arab Emirates

27th April 2016
Banking contestability - more consumers are switching

20th April 2016
CMA says that the EU Competition watchdog should stop merger between Three and O2

11th April 2016
The Grass is Greener on the Other (Privatised) Side

14th March 2016
Youtube and Contestability - The Fine Brothers nearly changed the game

2nd February 2016
Low or zero inflation is normal: competition keeps it that way

24th September 2014
Competition and Markets Authority to investigate pie merger

20th December 2014
Recent examples of corporate takeovers and mergers

17th February 2015
Google Rejects EU Competition Probe

28th August 2015
Apple & Microsoft: Collaboration not Competition

10th September 2015
How discounters are beating the supermarkets

23rd September 2015

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