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Toms Capital’s Target Play: Can Strategy and Cost Control Rescue the Retailer?

Hedge fund Toms Capital has quietly built a s...

Target is mired in a prolonged slump, with mu...

Management is pursuing a turnaround via a 202...

Persistent margin pressure, weak discretionar...

Small Business Grants 2025: Key Programs, Challenges & Opportunities for Underserved Businesses

Americas Policy Retail Trade

The article surveys a wide range of free gran...

Many programs specifically target underserved...

Support ranges from small microgrants to larg...

Small businesses must strategically assess fi...

Riverstone Ltd Files $15M Nasdaq IPO: Fast-Fashion Supply Chain with China Exposure

Global Firms Retail Trade

Hong Kong-based Riverstone, a vertically inte...

The company offers OEM, ODM, and OBM services...

For FY2025, Riverstone generated about $46.3 ...

Key considerations for investors include high...

Flowers Foods Acquires Simple Mills for $795M: What It Means for Growth in Better-for-You Foods

Americas M&A Retail Trade

Vestar Capital Partners exited its five-year ...

Simple Mills generated about $240 million in ...

Flowers is financing the deal with cash and a...

The acquisition is a leveraged bet on “better...

Why Starbucks & Burger King Are Handing China Control to Local PE & Why Scale Alone Isn’t Enough

Asia M&A Retail Trade

Starbucks is selling a 60% stake in its China...

Burger King’s parent, Restaurant Brands Inter...

Both deals shift control toward Chinese priva...

These moves highlight a broader trend of West...

India’s IPO Market Boom in 2025: Domestic Investors & Regulatory Reforms Fuel Growth

Asia Markets Retail Trade

India’s IPO market hit record levels in 2025,...

Domestic investors now provide roughly three-...

Regulatory reforms by SEBI and abundant local...

Despite strong activity, signs of froth inclu...

LVMH Wins Partial Defamation Suit: What It Means for Analyst Integrity & Disclosures

Europe FYI Retail Trade

LVMH sued Morgan Stanley in 2002, alleging it...

In 2004 a Paris Commercial Court found Morgan...

On appeal in 2006, the court upheld defamatio...

The parties settled in 2007, ending litigatio...

Fortunoff-Lord & Taylor Deal: How Retail, Private Equity, and Risk Rewrote a Turnaround

Americas M&A Retail Trade

In early 2008, NRDC Equity Partners (owner of...

The deal included about US$100 million of new...

Fortunoff entered the deal with shrinking sal...

Despite the capital infusion and integration ...

What the “Three Swallow Dunkin’ Deal” Really Means (And What It Doesn’t)

Americas M&A Retail Trade

No credible evidence exists for a deal called...

The most relevant transaction is Inspire Bran...

An earlier key Dunkin’ transaction was Pernod...

These deals highlight investor willingness to...

CCMP Growth Raises $500M for Control Buyouts in Industrial & Consumer Businesses

Americas M&A Retail Trade

CCMP Growth Advisors closed its CCMP Capital ...

The strategy focuses on acquiring control pos...

Early CCMP IV investments span resilient, fra...

Recent deals and the appointment of Executive...