Pepsi continues health kick with Sodastream
Outgoing Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi has signed off with her boldest acquisition to date, ensuring the US drinks…
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Lagardere to buy US airport food group
As it refocuses on services like airport shops, Lagardere travel retail, a division of French conglomerate Lagardere, is…
Usmanov looks for football opportunities
With his pockets swollen by the receipt of more than £500m from the sale of his 30% stake…
Young’s auction whittled down, but the price falls
A shortlist of three is understood to have been drawn up in the auction for the leading British seafood…
Sports Direct buys House of Fraser
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is to buy the House of Fraser department store chain for £90m. Earlier on…
Blackstone to sell Tangerine Confectionery
Private equity firm Blackstone is to sell Tangerine Confectionery to Valeo, a pan-European consumer foods producer which is…
China state-owned firm makes a play for Steinway
Steinway Musical Instruments, the piano maker controlled by US hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, has attracted takeover interest…
Consumer & Retail Sector Reports
BAT deal leads to wider consolidation speculation
The audacious and unexpected overture by British American Tobacco (BAT), which if successful would create the world’s largest…
Silver lining to slowdown in food M&A
Amid the many parts of the UK market which seem to have had a lull in M&A as…
Consumer gets more active as growth slows
While there has been much talk of late of the upsurge in deal flow in sectors such as…
