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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Children's clothing retailer details store closings

    Gymboree Corp. is "right-sizing" its store footprint.  

  • Six more Neighborhood Market prototypes sold

    Skilken/Gold has announced the sale of six Neighborhood Market stores, one of which was a prototype of Walmart’s new design for its grocery store concept.   The Louisiana stores all average about 42,000 sq. ft., including the Baton Rouge location that emerged from Walmart’s “build-to-suit” program initiated in 2014.   The Hampshire Companies and a South Korean partner acquired the properties for $78 million.   

  • Cabela's, Bass Pro deal inches closer to completion

    Bass Pro Shops's acquisition on rival Cabela's has passed another hurdle.     Cabela's shareholders voted to approve the sale of the hunting and outdoor retailer to Bass Pro, the company announced Tuesday. Cabela's agreed in April to be bought by Bass Pro Shops for $61.50 a share, down from the original purchase price of $65.50 a share, valuing the acquisition at $4.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.  

  • No deal as teen apparel retailer decides to go it alone

    Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has taken itself off the selling block.   The teen retailer said it has ended talks regarding a potential sale and will instead continue to focus on turning around its business as a standalone business.    

  • Cushman names director of Palm Beach brokerage

    Cushman & Wakefield has tapped Dominic Delgado as senior director of its retail brokerage for Palm Beach and Broward County, Florida.   Delgado moves over to Cushman from LDR Partners, a Florida firm that focused on acquisition of low-performing retail, office, and hospitality real estate during the recession. As executive VP there, Delgado represented a mix of national and regional developers and REITs.  

  • Report: Lampert considering deal with Sears Canada

    The chairman and CEO of Sears Holding Co., is reportedly considering a deal with bankrupt Sears Canada.  

  • Two California grocers to merge; more stores planned

    Two Hispanic supermarket chains are merging with an eye to extending their footprint beyond their home base.    Private equity firm KKR announced it is combining Cardenas Markets and Mi Pueblo, which KKR (and Victory Park Capital) acquired at the end of last year. The combined business will operate as Cardenas Markets LLC and will become one of the largest Hispanic supermarket chains in the country.   

  • Report: Amazon beat out six other suitors for Whole Foods Market

    As it turns out, there was lots of interest in Whole Foods Market.   The retailer was fielding other potential deals, including approaches by four private equity firms and two unnamed companies identified only as "Company X" and "Company Y," when Amazon made its move, CNBC reported.   
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