Brick-and-Mortar Transaction Review in the Age of E-Commerce

Over the past few decades, online platforms have altered the way consumers shop, disrupting the traditional brick and mortar shopping model. These changes have created new challenges for antitrust regulators and practitioners in evaluating mergers in the traditional brick-and-mortar space.  These challenges have become particularly acute as e-commerce has become more prevalent in new product segments, such as grocery and office supplies. A review of the evolving regulatory approach to brick-and