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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Mattress Firm names company veteran CEO

    The integration of a major acquisition and the accelerated closure of non-performing stores top the list of priorities awaiting Ken Murphy as he assumes leadership of the nation’s largest bedding retailer.

  • Hot Canadian brand signs lease for first U.S. store

    A popular goose has found a nest in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.

    Canada Goose, best known for its signature goose-down jacket with Arctic Circle logo and fur-trimmed hood, has signed a lease for an approximate 4,400-sq.-ft. store on Wooster Street, The Real Deal reported. The asking rent for the space, according to the Real Deal, was $550 a foot.

  • Macy's names REIT expert to board amid pressure to sell off real estate

    Macy's has added an expert in real estate investments its board as the department store retailer remains under pressure from an activist investor to spin off some of its real estate into a real estate investment trust.

  • CBRE leads global commercial property investment sales activity

    Los Angeles -- CBRE Group for the fifth consecutive year was the top-ranked firm for commercial real estate investment sales throughout the world during 2015, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA). CBRE has achieved the number one position in each of the five years that RCA has published global rankings.

    Real Capital Analytics credited CBRE with 21.9% of market share across all property types, office, industrial, retail, apartment and development sites, in 2015 on a global basis.

  • Pop-Up pioneer names new CEO

    Hickory Farms is looking for new ways to grow following the operator of the company acquisition last fall by a private equity firm and the recent appointment of a CEO who spent time at RedBox and Crate & Barrel.

  • Report: Ahold to sell Richmond-area Martin’s stores ahead of merger

    The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that the 19 Martin’s Food Markets stores in the area will be either sold or closed as the completion of parent company Ahold’s merger with Delhaize Group. The Richmond-area stores are just some of the 83 stores the combined companies are looking to unload across the eastern and northeastern U.S. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

  • Tween and teen retailers remain financially vulnerable

    Apparel chains focused on tweens and teens are increasingly at risk of filing for bankruptcy protection.

    At least that’s the view of Michael McGrail, COO of Tiger Capital Group and a veteran retail liquidation and asset appraisal executive.

  • Gordon Brothers Group acquires inventory, fixed assets and IP of NapaStyle

    Boston -- Gordon Brothers Group announced that it has entered into an agreement with NapaStyle and its creditors to acquire the company’s assets, including intellectual property, inventory and furniture, fixtures and equipment.

    Founded by celebrity chef, Michael Chiarello, NapaStyle offers handcrafted and artisanal home goods, furniture and specialty foods for decorating, entertaining, cooking, wine, garden and home enthusiasts through store, online and catalog channels.

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