Total retail industry M&A deals in November 2019 worth $1.2bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 94.6% over the previous month and a drop of 74.6% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $4.72bn.
Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, Europe held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $821.87m. At the country level, Sweden topped the list in terms of deal value at $432.7m.
In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for retail industry M&A deals globally, followed by Europe and then Asia-Pacific.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of M&A deals activity in November 2019 was the US with 17 deals, followed by Japan with ten and Canada with five.
In 2019, as of the end of November 2019, retail M&A deals worth $54.66bn were announced globally, marking a decrease of 7.4% year on year.
Retail industry M&A deals in November 2019: Top deals
The top five retail industry M&A deals accounted for 75.5% of the overall value during November 2019.
The combined value of the top five retail M&A deals stood at $904.1m, against the overall value of $1.2bn recorded for the month.
The top five retail industry deals of November 2019 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Momentum Group’s $432.7m acquisition of Swedol
2) The $225m acquisition of Familia by Tjx Companies
3) Good Set Investments’ $109.14m acquisition of Xin Yunlian Investment
4) The $75m asset transaction with by HGreg.com
5) Kohnan Shoji’s asset transaction with Doit for $62.27m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
