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The big M&A news of today is the merger of French Essilor and Italian Luxottica into a $50Bn Eyewear leader. This transaction makes a lot of sense, Luxottica and Essilor are essentially two behemoths in two segments of an otherwise fragmented industry. Being…
Cerberus, known quantity when it comes to risky LBOs, first got into the Grocery chain in 2006 when acquiring 650 Albertsons stores in the Western US region. They then added close to 900 stores in 2013 from a Supervalu spin-off and, most…
The rumor has been going on for a while now but, this time, rumor has it that PetSmart and Petco are, once again, officially discussing a possible merger at the parent’s level – Private Equity funds BC Partners on PetSmart’s side and TPG…