Acquisitions News in the Retail sector

Tue, 19 Sep 2006: Internacionale, the Glasgow-based chain of 147 Au Naturale homewares and Internacionale fashion stores, has undergone a £45m management buy-out ...
[more: Internacionale]

Mon, 28 Aug 2006: House of Fraser, the chain of 61 department stores, is to be acquired by a consortium led by Baugur of Iceland for £351m. Other members of the c...
[more: House of Fraser]

Mon, 10 Jul 2006: Interflora, the flower delivery service, has accepted a £66m takeover offer from FTD of the US. The deal was subject to agreement by its 1,800 m...
[more: Interflora]

Tue, 04 Jul 2006: N Brown has acquired Gray & Osbourn, the catalogue retailer with sites in Sheffield and Peterborough, for a cash consideration of £8.2m. The...
[more: Gray & Osbourn]

Fri, 16 Jun 2006: Greene King is to acquire Hardys & Hansons, the Nottingham-based brewer and chain of 260 pubs, for £270m. The company expects that the acqui...
[more: Hardys & Hansons]

Tue, 13 Jun 2006: Findel has acquired Letterbox Mail Order, the Cornwall-based mail order and online retailer of children's gifts and toys, for £7m in cash. ...
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Thu, 01 Jun 2006: HMV has reached agreement for the £63m acquisition of the Ottakar's chain of 141 book stores. Ottakar's accepted HMV's offer of 2...
[more: Ottakars]