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Alleged Tobacco price fixing April 27th, 2008

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has alleged that tobacco companies and supermarkets have been colluding to fix the retail price of tobacco.  Most of the main players are named including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda plus tobacco firms Gallaher and Imperial Tobacco, who between them own the major cigarette brands. (more…)

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    • Net Profit Margin
      net profit margin = (net profit / turnover) * 100 The net profit figure to use will either be called net profit or profit before interest and tax. The net profit margin shows how profitable the company is after taking into account all costs including administration and distribution costs and how much of a return it is generating for shareholders.