All Mergers & acquisitions articles – Page 24
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News
Morrisons snaps up Cornish seafood supplier for undisclosed sum
Morrisons has become the first UK grocer to own a fishing boat after acquiring its longstanding seafood supplier Falfish.
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Analysis
Deep dive: The new Asda – saddled with debt or a return to former glory?
As reports emerge that chief executive Roger Burnley is stepping down, Retail Week looks at what Asda under their controversial new owners the Issa brothers will look like.
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Opinion
Erin Brookes: ‘There is no doubt that further retail consolidation is coming’
Green shoots of optimism may be germinating, but it is certain that the last 12 months have left an irreversible imprint on the UK’s retail industry.
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News
Watch: Asos relaunches Topshop and Topman with denim push
Asos has relaunched its newly purchased Topshop and Topman brands with a two-week social media campaign.
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Video
Face time: Joules boss Nick Jones on its new homewares acquisition
Joules chief executive Nick Jones explains why now was the right time to acquire homewares, outdoor and gardening retailer Garden Trading.
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News
Issa brothers complete £6.8bn acquisition of majority Asda stake
The Issa brothers and investment vehicle TDR Capital have confirmed the brothers’ acquisition of Asda for £6.8bn.
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News
Asda buyers’ junk bond sale raises £2.75bn for deal
Asda buyers the Issa brothers and their private equity partners have raised a record sterling junk bond to fund the acquisition.
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News
Notonthehighstreet snapped up by US firm Great Hill Partners
Online gifting retailer Notonthehighstreet has been taken over by US investment firm Great Hill Partners for an undisclosed sum.
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News
Boohoo snaps up Arcadia’s remaining brands
Boohoo has finalised the purchase of Arcadia’s Wallis, Burton and Dorothy Perkins brands out of administration.
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News
French Connection board mulls sale after approaches
The board of struggling fashion brand French Connection are considering the sale of the retailer after receiving approaches from two companies.
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News
JD Sports raises £464m to bolster acquisition drive
JD Sports has completed a fundraise for £464m, which it will use to drive its expansion and capitalise on acquisition opportunities in new and existing markets.
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News
EG Group to buy Asda’s petrol forecourt business in £750m deal
EG Group will buy Asda’s petrol forecourt business in a £750m deal following the completion of the supermarket giant’s sale to the Issa brothers.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Asos will make Topshop live up to its name again
Asos this week swooped on Arcadia’s Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands in a bid to reach new heights with the iconic names under its umbrella
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Analysis
JD Sports boss Cowgill: How ‘monumental’ DTLR deal turbocharges US ambitions
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill tells Retail Week why the retailer’s latest $495m acquisition has set it up to crack America.
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News
Boohoo closes in on £25m deal for trio of Arcadia brands
Boohoo is closing in on a deal for three of Arcadia’s high street brands as the fashion etailer presses ahead with its ambitious acquisition spree.
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News
JD Sports considers fundraising for acquisition warchest
JD Sports is pondering raising new equity to fund deals as the retail landscape is transformed by the Covid pandemic.
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Analysis
The power players: the acquisitive retailers snapping up brands
As Boohoo snaps up Debenhams, Retail Week takes a look at the pack of retailers taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid has created to boost their business. Who are the sector’s new power players?
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Analysis
Boohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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Opinion
‘Asos and Boohoo swoops for Topshop and Debs are changing of the guard’
If proof were needed of the scale of change underway in retail, it came this week as pureplays Asos and Boohoo swooped on two of retail’s most venerable high street names.
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News
Boohoo acquires Debenhams brand and website
Boohoo has acquired Debenhams’ brand and website for £55m in what executive chair and co-founder Mahmud Kamani describes as “a transformational deal”.