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]

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]

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]

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]

Oilily, the Dutch retailer of upmarket women's and children's clothing, is thought to be up for sale for up to €50m according to a report in the Financial Times.... [more]

Private equity groups Permira and Apax are considering a sale or flotation of high street fashion chain New Look after receiving at least three unsolicited approaches for the business, according to we... [more]

Focus DIY, one of the UK's largest DIY retailers, has been put up for sale by its private equity owners following a strategic review by Rothschild.... [more]

Fashion designer Catherine Walker has reportedly put her fashion business, Catherine Walker Ltd, up for sale. The London-based company, which specialises in couture designs, is expected to fetch over ... [more]

UK window-blind retailer Hillarys is reportedly up for sale for an estimated £200m. Owners Change Capital are thought to have hired NM Rothschild to handle the sale. No potential buyers have yet been ... [more]

It was reported today that accessories, clothing and footwear company Kangol was sold to Sports World and Lilywhites owner Mike Ashley for around £10m. ... [more]