M&A
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Aug- 2018 -10 August
Sports Direct saves House of Fraser in £90m eleventh-hour deal
Sports Direct has agreed to acquire House of Fraser for £90m in a deal that came just minutes after the department store chain entered administration. A Sports Direct statement read: “The group has acquired all of the UK stores of House of Fraser, the House of Fraser brand and all…
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7 August
Phillip Day to snap up Jacques Vert
Retail boss Phillip Day is said to be preparing to add womenswear brand Jacques Vert to his retail portfolio, which has already seen the recent addition of Jaeger. Day will look to acquire the struggling brand through a separate company to Edinburgh Woollen Mill according to Sky News. The deal…
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Jul- 2018 -6 July
Boots owner reacts to Amazon threat with investment in Chinese firm GuoDa
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reacted to a tanking share price in the wake of Amazon’s entry to the pharmacy market by acquiring a stake in Chinese pharmacy firm GuoDa. Boots’ share price plummeted by 10% last week following the announcement Amazon had acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. In what is…
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Jun- 2018 -29 June
Boots shares plunge 10% following Amazon medicine service acquisition
Shares in the parent company of pharmacy chain Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance, have plummeted by 10% this morning following news that Amazon has acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. The American startup made $100m last year and will now see Amazon take over late next year, with the price of the…
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7 June
Amazon to show 20 Premier League matches a season
Amazon has announced it has won a broadcast package to show 20 Premier League matches per season from the 2019 to 2022. The coverage will begin with the first round of midweek fixtures in December and all 10 matches on Boxing Day. Amazon Prime will also have its own highlights…
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May- 2018 -18 May
CMA shops around for comments on Sainsbury’s Asda merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda, after inviting interested parties to comment on the deal as part of a ‘phase one’ inquiry. The CMA “invitation to comment” was released today as the start of an information gathering process before the formal investigation…
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8 May
Asda-Sainsbury’s merger fears voiced by industry bodies
Trade bodies and environmental groups fear the proposed merger of Asda and Sainsbury’s will further squeeze UK food producers and result in sliding ethical and environmental standards, Retail Sector can reveal. An array of industry spokespeople said the consolidated retail group would represent near-monopoly status in many towns in the…
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8 May
Retail M&A grows by 15%
A study by law firm RPC shows retail mergers and acquisitions have grown by 15% over the past year. While the number of deals has risen, the value of those deals has dropped by 16% from the previous year’s total of £4.3bn, to £3.7bn. The value of those deals does…
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