EMTE options considered
The future of the EMTE supermarket chain belonging to the Dutch food wholesaler Sligro looks set for change…
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Suitors finalise Shop Direct bids
It is nearing crunch time in the auction of the British online retailer Shop Direct, with the three…
McCormick to buy Reckitt Benckiser’s food division
Reckitt Benckiser has announced the sale of its Food business to McCormick & Co for US$4.2bn on a…
Leading basketball franchise put up for sale
With the appeal of American basketball rapidly increasing in China, a rare opportunity to buy one of the…
Reckitt Benckiser receives offers for food business
UK-based consumer products company Reckitt Benckiser has received offers for its foods division from Anglo-Dutch rival Unilever and…
Patron finds thirst for further pub group
Although it remains in the throes of the acquisition of around 1,400 pubs from Punch Taverns, the British…
Swedes seek to sell airline stake
The Swedish government is understood to be making a renewed attempt to sell its 17% stake in the…
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…
