All M&A articles – Page 2
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News briefsRVRC Holding acquires 90.1% of ICANIWILL
RevolutionRace’s parent company just did something it has never done before: buy another brand.
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News briefsHugo Boss board tells investors: reject Frasers bid
Hugo Boss says Frasers’ €38-a-share offer undervalues the company and urges shareholders to turn it down.
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News briefsFrasers sells Sports Direct Malaysia for $150m
Frasers Group sells its Sports Direct Malaysia stake to MAP Active for $150m, retaining an income stream.
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ArticleDecathlon buys into folding bike maker Brompton
Decathlon takes a stake in Brompton, its boldest move yet into premium urban mobility and the Chinese market.
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News briefsHSG completes majority acquisition of Golden Goose
HSG and Temasek back Golden Goose’s global expansion as the Italian luxury sneaker brand posts €734m revenue and 10% Q1 growth
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ArticleAccent Group rejects Frasers’ takeover bid
Accent Group’s board unanimously rejects Frasers’ offer of A$0.65 per share, calling it materially inadequate.
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ArticleSprinter to complete an eight-year-old merger
A Canary Islands holdover from Sport Zone’s pre-JD Sports era is set to be folded into Sprinter.
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News briefsCastore acquires 75% stake in Grenson shoes
Manchester sportswear brand takes 75% stake in 160-year-old Grenson as acquisition strategy takes shape.
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News briefsNo-premium Frasers bid tests Accent shareholders
Frasers priced its Accent bid at no premium. The market promptly traded the stock above it.
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ArticleFrasers Group launches full Accent Group takeover
Frasers Group offers A$316m for full control of Australian footwear retailer Accent Group, days after its Hugo Boss takeover bid.
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ArticleEurope’s gyms are changing hands fund by fund
VivaGym’s Sparta deal is the latest move in a consolidation wave reshaping budget fitness across the continent.
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News briefsFrasers bids for all of Hugo Boss
Six months after a boardroom clash, Sports Direct’s parent moves for full control of the German fashion house.
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News briefsPeloton acquires Pilates startup Skōp
The US connected fitness platform adds form-tracking technology to its R&D function as part of a broader turnaround effort.
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ArticleArctos to take a stake in NFL’s Browns
Arctos, now part of KKR, has NFL approval to buy into the Cleveland Browns — its third NFL franchise after the Bills and Chargers.
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News briefsVivaGym-Synergym deal accelerates Iberian fitness roll-up
With Providence Equity behind the deal, the acquisition follows the PE playbook: consolidate before competitors do, exit at scale.
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News briefsA sport rights family business goes global
Matchroom Holdings, the UK sports rights giant behind boxing, snooker and darts, has sold a minority stake to US investment firm Bruin Capital.
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News briefsGoPro tests whether its IP is worth more in defense
The action camera company entered defense consulting in April. Within weeks, its board was fielding acquisition bids.
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ArticlePickleball goes vertical, again
Six businesses, one holding structure, one CEO — and Apollo Sports Capital writing the cheque.
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ArticleSports M&A gets a generalist backer
William Blair, whose investment banking arm closed 200 deals last year, is acquiring Inner Circle Sports to enter the sports M&A market.
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ArticleSympatex rescued, but the hard question remains
The brand survives, but whether Pidigi can fund the R&D needed to keep Sympatex competitive against Gore-Tex is the deal’s central open question.
