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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Wolverine World Wide veteran joins Neiman Marcus as COO/CFO

    A Wolverine World Wide executive is joining the Neiman Marcus Group as executive VP, COO and CFO.

  • GameStop buys Geeknet

    Fairfax, Va. – The “unnamed strategic bidder” who outbid Hot Topic to purchase Geeknet Inc. has been revealed. GameStop Corp. will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Geeknet’s common stock for $20 per share in cash, or about $140 million.

  • Neiman Marcus appoints Wolverine exec as COO/CFO

    Dallas - Donald T. Grimes will be joining Neiman Marcus Group as executive VP, COO and CFO. Grimes will succeed Jim Skinner, who will continue to be part of the company’s management team in the newly created role of vice chairman, Neiman Marcus Group.

  • Geeknet goes with a new buyer for $140M

    The “unnamed strategic bidder” who outbi

  • Five Below opens DC in Southern New Jersey to support future growth

    Philadelphia -- Five Below will grand open a distribution center in Oldmans Township, New Jersey, on June 3, with shipping out of the new 1 million sq.-ft. center beginning in July.

    Located in Pedricktown, N.J., the center will replace the company's existing 421,000-sq.-ft. facility located 12 miles away in New Castle, Delaware. Five Below will occupy approximately 700,000 sq. ft. of the facility to start, with plans to grow to a million square feet over time.

  • Private equity firm to buy 330 Dollar Tree stores

    Dollar Tree has agreed to sell 330 of its stores to the private-equity firm Sycamore Partners in order to get regulatory approval for its $8.5 billion purchase of Family Dollar.

    Sycamore Partners intends to operate the 330 stores, which represent approximately $45.5 million of operating income for Family Dollar, under the Dollar Express banner.

  • Boot Barn grows store footprint, online reach with acquisition of Shelplers

    Irvine, Calif.  -- Boot Barn Holdings announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sheplers, a 116-year old western lifestyle company with 25 stores across the United States. The purchase price was put at $147 million in cash.

    By rebranding the Sheplers stores to the Boot Barn banner, consistent with the strategies of its prior two acquisitions, Boot Barn will enhance its store footprint by adding eight new retail markets and build its position in Texas and Colorado.

  • Boot Barn kicks it up with Sheplers acquisition

    Boot Barn is stepping up its e-commerce game with the acquisiton of Sheplers for a purchase price of $147 million.

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