Financial Deals Industry Tracker - Retail, August 2008

Introduction

Verdict Research's Financial Deals Industry Tracker contains qualitative and quantitative analysis of monthly deal activity (including strategic alliances) in the retail industry across global markets, with a specific focus on key emerging markets. It offers insights into deal activity, deal rationale and valuation trends.

Scope

• Insights into deal activity across M&A, private equity, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and strategic alliance deals.
• Geographical trends by primary regions and by key emerging markets.
• Detailed analysis of the deal activity during the month, along with the trend for the last six months by deal volume and value.

Highlights

The retail sector recorded 60 M&A deals worth $8.2bn in August, an increase of 27.7% over the six-month (Feb 2008Jul 2008) average. M&A activity was driven by online retailers and drugstore operators.

August saw increased private equity interest in retail, with a focus on emerging markets driven by attractive demographics and growth rates.

Reasons to Purchase

• Understand which sectors are experiencing activity and which types of investors are playing the most significant roles.
• Find out how key deals are changing the competitive landscape for your business.
• Find out how companies in the retail industry are raising funds through capital markets, private equity and private placement deals.