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Germany’s two largest department stores get go-ahead for merger

The merger of the two largest department stores in Germany, Kaufhof and Karstadt, has been approved by The Federal Cartel Office, Germany's national competition regulator, after the office decided that there were no competition concerns in light of the growing importance of online commerce for consumers. "We examined the project intensively....

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UK competition regulator refers Sainsbury Asda merger for phase 2 investigation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom confirmed Wednesday that the proposed merger between J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Ltd. is being referred for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. CMA noted that the deal raises sufficient concerns through its Phase 1 investigation for it to be referred for a more in-depth review....

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The Next Wave for Beauty? Cosmetics Companies Dive into Mergers and Acquisitions

Interest for mergers and acquisitions among large beauty companies steadily grew throughout 2017 and is set to continue thriving in 2018. According to beauty M&A advisors, Intrepid Investment Bankers, the M&A market continued its active pace with over 100 transactions in 2016 and 2017. Not only have we seen an increase in the number of beauty...

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Burberry says No to Coach’s numerous takeover offers

London - Those who were hoping to see a super merger of Burberry and Coach will be disappointed, as the British luxury fashion house is understood to have rebuffed numerous takeover offers from the US fashion company. Although the market value of the two fashion houses combined would have been more than 20 billion dollars, the money was not...

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Joe's Jeans completes merger into Differential Brands Group

Joe’s Jeans, which recently disclosed they will transition into a new company, has made the merger complete. In early December, the company stated it would become a new entity entitled Differential Brands Group Inc. which includes the merger of Hudson Jeans and Robert Graham. The new merged group will be traded on Nasdaq and will be known by its...