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Petz, Cobasi criticized for skipping public hearing over their merger in Brazil

By Henrique Santiago ( August 12, 2025, 20:59 GMT | Insight) -- Representatives from Brazil’s executive and legislative branches, along with major rival Petlove, raised concerns over a potential approval of the merger between Petz and Cobasi, the two leading companies in Brazil’s pet care industry.The absence of Petz and Cobasi, Brazil's two pet care industry leaders, from a public hearing in the Chamber of Deputies today to discuss the competitive impacts of their merger was met with disapproval by participants representing the executive and legislative branches of federal government....

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