All Mergers & acquisitions articles – Page 64
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NewsAgent Provocateur owner 3i mulls sale of lingerie chain
Agent Provocateur’s owner 3i is considering selling the struggling lingerie business as the private equity firm weighs up its options for the retailer.
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NewsSports Direct sells Dunlop to focus on core UK business
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is selling the rights to tennis brand Dunlop for £112m, as it strives to become “the Selfridges of sports retail”.
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NewsBoohoo.com poised to acquire Nasty Gal brand for $20m
Fast-fashion etailer Boohoo.com has set the ball rolling on an acquisition of bankrupt US brand Nasty Gal for $20m.
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NewsJD Sports-owner faces probe on Go Outdoors takeover
The Competition and Markets Authority has served an initial enforcement order on JD Sports-owner Pentland over its Go Outdoors acquisition.
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NewsLuxury raincoat retailer Aquascutum sold for £97m
Aquascutum has been sold by its Hong Kong-based owner, YGM Trading, to two unnamed Chinese buyers, in a deal worth £97m.
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NewsMcColl’s gets green light for Co-op store acquisition
McColl’s takeover of some of Co-op’s stores to bolster its convenience offer has been signed off by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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AnalysisReview of the Year: Retailers hit the acquisition trail
If 2015 was a year driven by mergers and acquisitions, retailers have put their foot even more firmly on that pedal this year.
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NewsBoohoo bags majority stake in Pretty Little Thing
Boohoo has acquired a majority stake in fellow fashion etailer Pretty Little Thing for £3.3m.
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NewsBlue Inc faces takeover by its biggest supplier
Struggling fashion retailer Blue Inc is set to be taken over by Padma Textiles – its biggest supplier – through a debt-for-equity arrangement.
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OpinionOpinion: JD looks well set to continue winning streak
Consumers may have flocked to pick up a bargain during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, but retailers were busy bagging deals of their own.
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AnalysisWhat does Worldstores bring to the table for Dunelm?
Dunelm boss John Browett believes he has bagged his very own “Black Friday deal” with the retailer’s £8.5m acquisition of Worldstores.
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NewsJD Sports buys Go Outdoors in £112m deal
JD Sports has acquired specialist Go Outdoors for £112.3m cash, which includes 58 stores across the UK.
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NewsDunelm acquires etail rival Worldstores for £8.5m
Home and furniture retailer Dunelm has snapped up struggling etailer Worldstores in a deal worth £8.5m.
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NewsOasis and Warehouse poised for sale by collapsed owner
Administrators for failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing are believed to be seeking new owners for its Coast, Oasis and Warehouse brands.
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AnalysisOpinion: What can be learned from Staples' decline?
Hilco’s acquisition of Staples’ UK business is one of many deals in the office supply space, following a recent drop in sales and growth.
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NewsEx-BHS owner Chappell fights to keep Retail Acquisitions
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell is fighting a bid to put his Retail Acquisitions business into administration.
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NewsStaples stores to disappear from UK high streets
Staples stores in the UK will be shuttered following the acquisition of the UK arm by HMV-owner Hilco for a “nominal” sum.
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NewsWhistles losses spiralled before Foschini takeover
Whistles recorded full-year losses of £2.9m before its recent takeover by South African retail group Foschini, accounts at Companies House have revealed.
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AnalysisMeet the leadership team at Bunnings UK
As new Homebase-owner Wesfarmers fits out the UK’s first Bunnings store in St Albans, Retail Week profiles the now-complete team at the top
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NewsBHS: Dominic Chappell 'bled it dry', says Paul Sutton
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell “bled it dry”, according to the man who introduced him to the idea of buying the retailer.