Acquisition Resources

Baugur, the Icelandic private equity group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Criminal clothing brand, with retail experts tipped to be the most likely acquirers. A sale could result in the ... [more]

Upmarket high-street shoe retailer Kurt Geiger, is up for sale with a price tag of around £100m, according to reports. ... [more]

Fashion retailer LK Bennett is to be put on the market, according to reports that owner Linda Bennett has hired the investment bank Rothschild to advise her on a sale of the business. ... [more]

Private equity group Bridgepoint is preparing for a possible £600m sale or IPO of the UK's largest pet retailer, Pets at Home, and is said to be compiling a shortlist of investment banks to assist wit... [more]

Lookers plc, one of the UK's leading motor retail groups, has announced the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Dutton Forshaw Group Limited, the motor retail division of Lloyds TSB Asse... [more]

Borders Group, Inc. has announced that following a competitive auction process, the company has reached an agreement to sell its U.K. and Ireland subsidiaries to Risk Capital Partners, a London-based ... [more]

Virgin Megastores has been sold by Sir Richard Branson for an undisclosed sum to a management buy-out team. The team was led by managing director Simon Douglas and finance director Steve Peckham, whic... [more]

The Shoe Zone Group has announced that, on 7th September, it exchanged contracts with The Co-operative Group to buy its footwear retail business, Shoefayre, for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

Approximately 300 jobs may be saved at music and DVD retailer ChoicesUK after administrators managed to sell part of the business. ... [more]

The Board of Alba has announced that it has successfully completed negotiations for the proposed sale of the Group's leisure division. The proposed disposal is conditional upon the approval of shareho... [more]

Mountain Warehouse, the UK-based retailer of discount outdoor clothing and equipment, has been sold for £15m in a management buyout backed by Icelandic investment vehicle Arev.... [more]

Struggling retailer Focus DIY is set to be sold to US private equity firm Cerebus for a nominal sum of £1, agreed with current owners Apax Partners and Duke Street Capital in order to end their involv... [more]

The boards of directors of Tesco PLC and Dobbies Garden Centres plc have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for Dobbies by Tesco Holdings Limited at a ... [more]

Leading European specialist retailer of PC and video games, The GAME Group plc, has announced that it has acquired Games Station Limited from Blockbuster UK for £74m. ... [more]

US private investment firm Sun European Partners LLP, the European advisor to Sun Capital Partners, Inc., has acquired kitchen and bathroom products retailer the HomeForm Group.The HomeForm Group is... [more]

Edinburgh-based David Flatman Ltd, owner of bargain book chains Bookworld, Bargain Books and bw!, has been bought out of administration by specialist books, arts and crafts retailer The Works for an u... [more]

Borders, the US’s second largest bookseller, is considering a sale of its UK stores due to struggling sales in a “challenging” retail environment.... [more]

UK babycare retailer Mothercare announced that it is in talks with Chelsea Stores, parent company of rival educational toy seller Early Learning Centre, to buy the children's retail chain for £85m in ... [more]

Hobbs, the UK-based ladies clothing retailer owned by private equity group 3i, is reportedly considering a sale or flotation.... [more]

Vertu Motors is to acquire Bristol Street for £40m, creating a nationwide chain of 35 car dealerships with 1,700 staff.... [more]