All Mergers & acquisitions articles – Page 23
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NewsFrasers Group makes cash offer for MySale as it eyes international expansion
Frasers Group has made an offer for Australian flash Sales website MySale as the retail group seeks to further bolster its roster of recent acquisitions.
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AnalysisAuthentic Brands – the conglomerate bidding to put Ted Baker back in fashion
Authentic Brands is a name that’s been mentioned in British retail acquisitions lately, but who is the retail conglomerate, and where could it be looking next?
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NewsTed Baker accepts fresh £211m takeover bid from Authentic Brands
Ted Baker has accepted a £211m takeover bid from Reebok owner Authentic Brands, ending months of speculation about its future.
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NewsNext in talks to take £15m minority stake in Joules
Joules has confirmed that it is in discussions with Next over a potential equity investment.
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NewsJD Sports sells Footasylum to investment group
JD Sports has offloaded its Footasylum business to German investment group Aurelius.
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NewsFrasers adds I Saw It First to fast fashion roster
Frasers Group has acquired fast fashion brand I Saw It First.
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NewsM&S buys logistics provider Gist for £145m to accelerate transformation
Marks & Spencer has purchased logistics provider Gist as it bids to take control of its end-to-end food supply chain
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AnalysisAnalysis: What happened to the retail lab? Walmart, Tesco and Farfetch on the evolution of innovation
Retail labs and accelerators were everywhere a few short years ago. What happened – and are retailers still innovating?
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NewsMorrisons faces CMA probe into McColl’s rescue bid
The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the takeover bid for convenience specialist McColl’s by supermarket giant Morrisons.
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Opinion‘Boots needs more TLC to create value, whoever owns it’
After failing to find a buyer for Boots, Walgreens insists “it is an exciting time” for the health and beauty stalwart, but without innovation and investment it risks falling behind, writes George MacDonald
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NewsMorrisons blames ‘very challenging’ trading environment for sales drop
Supermarket giant Morrisons has blamed surging inflation and subdued customer sentiment for a drop in second-quarter sales.
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NewsWalgreens pulls plug on Boots sale as suitors fail to secure financing
Walgreens Boots Alliance has canned the planned sale of its Boots business after suitors failed to meet its asking price.
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NewsBoots deal in the balance as banks stop lending
The long running auction for Boots is in danger of imploding as the ongoing cost-of-living crisis spooks prospective buyers and debt markets freeze up.
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NewsWest End retail property giants press button on merger
Property companies Shaftesbury and Capco are to merge, bringing the control of some of central London’s best-known shopping districts under single ownership.
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NewsZalando amps up content creation with Highsnobiety acquisition
Fashion platform Zalando is aiming to boost its content skills with the acquisition of media group Highsnobiety.
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NewsReliance and Apollo team up to lodge £5bn binding bid for Boots
Reliance Retail and Apollo are understood to have made a formal offer for Boots, which would allow current owner Walgreens to retain a significant minority stake.
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NewsCD&R clears final hurdle for £7bn Morrisons acquisition
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has been given the all-clear to complete its £7bn acquisition of Morrisons after the competition watchdog agreed to its offer to sell some petrol forecourts.
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NewsTed Baker sale in doubt as preferred bidder pulls plug on deal
The proposed sale of Ted Baker has been thrown into doubt after the board’s preferred bidder dramatically backed away from a deal.
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AnalysisMissguided acquisition: Is Murray’s first Frasers move a misstep or masterful?
After months of twists and turns, Frasers Group and its chief executive Michael Murray swooped in to snap up Missguided out of administration. With his first move to reappoint founder and chief executive Nitin Passi, can this new dream team turn things around?
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NewsAuthentic Brands Group moves into pole position to buy Ted Baker
The US-based Authentic Brands Group has emerged as the frontrunner to win the battle for Ted Baker and is being advised by Bank of America on a £300m deal.