Editing Demutualization (section)

===Retail consumers' cooperatives===
As well as the many [[agricultural supply store|agricultural supply]] cooperatives that demutualized, a small number of general retail [[consumer's cooperative]]s have demutualized or considered demutualization. In 1997, [[Andrew Regan]] launched an unsuccessful hostile takeover bid to demutualize the UK's giant [[The Co-operative Group|Co-operative Wholesale Society]], which, despite its name, was a large retailer in its own right. In 2007, the tiny Scottish retailer, [[Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative Society]], completed most or all of the steps necessary to demutualize. In 2008, a Swiss competition regulator recommended demutualization to Switzerland's leading supermarket chains, [[Coop (Switzerland)|Coop]] and [[Migros]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ica.coop/al-ica/
 |quote       = The advice comes from the Chairman of the Competition Commission (COMCO), Walter Stoffel. Stoffel argues that the co-operative form is not the most appropriate for the two Swiss giants of retailing.
 |access-date  = 2008-05-14
 |title       = Home Page - Demutualisation Watch
 |publisher   = [[International Co-operative Alliance]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527083326/http://www.ica.coop/al-ica/
 |archive-date = 2008-05-27
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