Open for Business: Predictions for 2015 Retail and Consumer M&A

2014 was a mixed bag for consumer goods and retail M&A. On one hand, the retail space experienced a string of billion dollar buyouts, including Signet’s $1.4Bn acquisition of Zale’s Corp., Men’s Warehouse’s $1.8Bn purchase of Jos. A. Bank, as well as the $6Bn sale of Neiman Marcus to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Conversely, aggregate private equity investment in B2C companies dropped from $107.9Bn in 2013 to $95.2Bn in 2014. How will these trends impact the deal space in 2015?

Please tune into Merrill DataSite’s upcoming webinar, where we’ll discuss the health of the consumer goods M&A sector and trends for 2015: http://bit.ly/1CbLpRX

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