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| Oct 7, 2026 | Billionaire Weston family buys Boots for $9bn | The billionaire Weston family has struck a deal to buy Boots for nearly $9bn, scuppering hopes that the high street giant could return to the London Stock Exchange.
Wittington Investments, the holding company for the Westons’ Canadian opera... |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Billionaire Weston family closes in on £7bn Boots takeover | The Canada arm of the billionaire family behind Primark is inching towards another deal, as it closes in on a £7bn takeover of Boots from its private equity owners.
The Westons are in advanced talks to buy the UK pharmacy chain from Sycamor... |
| Aug 31, 2026 | ‘Big hitter’ Baldock readies Boots makeover | As workers across the City return to their desks after the summer holidays, one executive is starting somewhere new. Alex Baldock, the former boss of Currys, will take his place as chief executive of health and beauty retailer Boots on Tues... |
| Jun 20, 2026 | Amazon & Walmart among America's biggest companies that earned $2.1 trillion last year, employing fewer people than ever | Every headline number in this year's Fortune 500 points in the same direction: revenue, profit and market value all hit records. Yet for the first time outside a recession since the list began including service firms in 1995, the compa... |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Boots moves closer to London float but billionaire Westons circle | With one potential suitor out of the running, high street titan Boots is moving closer to a London float, a move that would mark a return to the FTSE 100 for one of the UK’s biggest retailers and deliver a major boost to UK capital markets.... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Australian pharma giant Sigma quits Boots takeover talks | Australian pharmacy giant Sigma has walked away from talks over a £7.5bn private takeover of Boots, renewing hopes that the high street pharmacy could float in London.
The Australian firm said on Monday that a deal with Boots would not meet... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | London's Financial Crossroads: Market Integrity, Listing Drought, and Corporate Resilience | UK financial markets confront significant hurdles. The London Stock Exchange disputes regulatory plans for market transparency, fearing damage to its competitive edge. It battles a listing drought as Boots considers a private sale, bypassin... |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Mark Kleinman: BP might do well to plug credibility gap with Soames | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column
Now that the dust has begun to settle on Albert Manifold’s ousting as BP chairman, the mutual recriminations between the company and i... |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Boots eyes £7.5bn sale in blow to hopes of London IPO | The owners of Boots are weighing up a £7.5bn sale which would dash hopes of a London listing and deal another blow to the UK’s stock exchange.
Sycamore Partners, the private equity firm which bought Boots’ parent company for $23.7bn last ye... |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Private equity buyouts slump amid AI fears and Middle East conflict | The value of buyouts by private equity groups fell by more than a third in the first quarter of the year, with dealmakers warning that concerns over AI’s impact on software businesses and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict could hasten the... |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Владелец сети магазинов канцтоваров Office Depot будет продан за $1 млрд | Инвестиционная фирма Atlas выплатит $28 за акцию ODP, которая также владеет ODP Business Solutions, что на 34% выше цены закрытия акций компании на 19 сентября. ODP, штаб-квартира которой находится в Бока-Ратон, Флорида, рассматривала возмо... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Evernorth Investing $3.5 Billion In Shields Health Solutions | Evernorth Health Services, the health services division of The Cigna Group, has announced a $3.5 billion investment in Shields Health Solutions. Shields has become a cornerstone in the specialty pharmacy space. The investment comes at a piv... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Американская Cigna инвестирует $3,5 млрд в сеть специализированных аптек в США Shields Health | Инвестиция осуществляется на фоне перехода Shields в статус частной компании после приобретения ее бывшей материнской компании Walgreens Boots Alliance фондом Sycamore Partners за $10 млрд. Специализированные аптеки реализуют лекарства, тре... |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Interactive Brokers to join S&P 500, replacing Walgreens | The brokerage service is replacing Walgreens Boots Alliance, which is being taken private in a deal with Sycamore Partners that is expected to close soon.
Interactive Brokers shares jumped nearly 5% in after-hours trading on the news. The s... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Citigroup hires JPMorgan's Baygual as co-head of M&A, memo shows | Citigroup hires JPMorgan's Baygual as co-head of M&A, memo shows
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| Aug 5, 2025 | Глобальный рынок M&A достиг максимальных $2,6 трлн с момента пандемийного пика в 2021 году | Активность была вызвана стремлением компаний к росту и бурным развитием ИИ, что перевесило неопределенность, вызванную тарифами США.
Хотя количество сделок на 1 августа оказалось на 16% ниже, чем в аналогичный период прошлого года, их общая... |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Goldman names Ratesic as vice chairman of consumer retail group | Goldman names Ratesic as vice chairman of consumer retail group
By Abigail SummervilleAugust 4, 20252:31 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| Jun 18, 2025 | PwC: Health Services M&A Remains Durable Despite Headwinds | What You Should Know:
– Health services M&A activity has demonstrated remarkable durability, weathering a complicated macroeconomic and political environment to remain well ahead of pre-COVID levels, according to PwC’s US Deals 2025 Mid... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Boots closes hundreds of stores as profit jumps | Profit at Boots has surged as the high street pharmacy chain closed hundreds of stores during its latest financial year as its owners abandoned plans for an initial public offering (IPO).
The Nottingham-headquartered business shuttered 334 ... |
| May 12, 2025 | 5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday | Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day:
Stock futures popped Monday after the U.S. and China announced they would temporarily cut tariffs on each other’s imported goods. Shares of companies tha... |
| May 12, 2025 | 'They're the Backbone:' Walgreens Says Using Robots to Fill Prescriptions Helped It Save $500 Million. Here's How. Walgreens says its robot-assisted centers fill 16 million prescriptions a month. | A robot, not a human pharmacist, may be filling your prescription at Walgreens. And there's about to be a lot more of them.
Walgreens told CNBC on Sunday that it wants to have more of its pharmacies send prescriptions to one of its 11 ... |
| May 11, 2025 | Walgreens doubles down on prescription-filling robots to cut costs, free up pharmacists amid turnaround | Walgreens is expanding the number of its retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment centers as it works to turn itself around and prepares to go private.
Those centers use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take m... |
| May 6, 2025 | Rite Aid's Rocky Road: A Tale of Bankruptcy and Retail Struggles | Rite Aid, once a giant in the drugstore landscape, finds itself at a crossroads. The company recently returned to bankruptcy protection, seeking to sell off most of its assets. This move is not just a financial maneuver; it’s a desperate at... |
| May 6, 2025 | What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores | How long will stores remain open?
Rite Aid says a few months for most of its stores. All locations will eventually close or be sold to a new owner.
Until then, customers will still be able to fill prescriptions, get immunizations and shop i... |
| May 6, 2025 | Rite Aid Files for Second Bankruptcy, Announces Job Cuts | (Bloomberg) -- Less than a year after completing a restructuring that was supposed to turn the troubled pharmacy chain around, Rite Aid Corp. has filed for bankruptcy again.
The company was unable to secure additional capital from lenders i... |
| May 5, 2025 | Rite Aid returns to bankruptcy protection as it seeks to sell most assets | Rite Aid emerged from Chapter 11 nearly a year later as a private company. The drugstore chain said in a statement that it came out of the process stronger, “with a rightsized store footprint, more efficient operating model, significantly l... |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Morgan Stanley's profit rises as traders benefit from volatile markets | Morgan Stanley's profit rises as traders benefit from volatile markets
By ReutersApril 11, 202511:44 AM UTCUpdated ago
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| Apr 9, 2025 | The Shifting Landscape of Healthcare: Walgreens and Transcarent Navigate New Waters | The healthcare sector is undergoing a seismic shift. Two major players, Walgreens and Transcarent, are charting their courses through turbulent waters. Walgreens, a stalwart in the retail pharmacy world, is preparing to go private. Meanwhil... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Walgreens tops estimates as drugstore chain cuts costs, prepares to go private | Walgreens reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations, as the retail drugstore giant benefits from cost cuts and prepares to go private.
The company withdrew its fiscal 2025 guidance given the pending transa... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Walgreens PE Buyout Heavily Reliant on 83% Debt, Raising Concerns About Financial Stability | What You Should Know:
– The recent acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance by private equity firm Sycamore Partners is drawing scrutiny due to the high level of debt financing involved and questions surrounding Sycamore’s equity commitment.... |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Mark Kleinman: FCA chief Rathi not at the exit door after all | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column. Today, he looks at the FCA chief, big Boots to fill and a high street icon
Embattled, besieged, under-fire: a few short weeks ... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Private Equity Acquisition of Walgreens Raises Concerns Over Patient Care and Financial Stability | What You Should Know:
– The recent announcement of private equity firm Sycamore Partners’ acquisition of national pharmacy giant Walgreens has sparked significant concern, particularly from the nonprofit watchdog Private Equity Stakeholder ... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | 'Where Most of the Value Is Generated': CVS Plans to Open 12 Mini-Stores Centered on Pharmacy, Healthcare The stores will be less than half the size of a traditional CVS. | In a new plan, CVS is cutting its traditional stores in half and sweeping out the skincare, pretzels, and stationery you would expect at a standard location.
The drugstore giant is preparing to open 12 new mini-stores in cities and towns ac... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Market Turmoil and Walgreens' Exit: A Snapshot of Economic Shifts | The stock market is a wild beast. It roars, it tumbles, and it leaves investors in a state of uncertainty. Recently, it has been on a downward spiral. The latest news paints a picture of a market grappling with tariffs, layoffs, and corpora... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Walgreens Takes a Leap into the Unknown: Going Private in a $10 Billion Deal | In a move that marks the end of an era, Walgreens Boots Alliance has decided to go private. The historic drugstore chain, a staple in American retail since 1927, has struck a $10 billion deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners. This... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Business | Stock market today: Wall Street is ending its wild week with what else but more swings | “The costs of being cautious are very, very low” right now, Powell said about holding steady on interest rates. “The economy is fine. It doesn’t need us to do anything really. We can wait, and we should wait.”
A highly anticipated jobs repo... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Walgreens Will Go Private in $10 Billion Deal With Sycamore | (Bloomberg) -- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to be purchased by Sycamore Partners for $10 billion, turning one of the oldest, most recognizable US drugstore chains into a private company.
Sycamore will pay $11.45 a share in cash for ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Walgreens Is Going Private in a $10 Billion Deal After Being a Publicly Traded Company for Nearly a Century Walgreens has agreed to a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners. | Walgreens Boots Alliance announced on Thursday that it has agreed to a $10 billion deal to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners and go private. After years of falling sales and rising costs, the drugstore chain is trying to ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday | Stocks resumed their tumble as new exemptions to Trump’s tariffs failed to quell investors’ fears.
Walgreens is ending its nearly 100-year run as a public company.
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its nonfarm p... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners | Walgreens said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity value of around $10 billion.
The historic transaction ends Walgreens’ tumultuous run as a public company, which ... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Dow drops 300 points, heads for worst week in nearly two years on Trump’s trade policy uncertainty: Live updates | The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated on Friday, with the benchmark headed for its worst week in about two years as the salvo of trade policy actions unnerved investors.
The blue-chip Dow slid 353 points, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 lost ... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion | NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the struggling retailer looks to turn itself around after years of losing money.
Walgreens said Thursday that Sycamor... |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Walgreens suspends quarterly dividend amid turnaround efforts | Walgreens suspends quarterly dividend amid turnaround efforts
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| Dec 11, 2024 | Walgreens' Path to Private: A Pharmacy Giant's Gamble | Walgreens Boots Alliance is at a crossroads. The pharmacy chain, once a titan in the retail sector, is now in talks to be taken private by Sycamore Partners. This move comes after a significant drop in its stock value, a reflection of the c... |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Walgreens in talks to be taken private by Sycamore Partners, source says | Walgreens in talks to be taken private by Sycamore Partners, source says
By Anirban Sen and Leroy LeoDecember 10, 202411:25 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| Sep 3, 2024 | Sycamore Partners Acquires Playa Bowls, the Nation's Leading Superfruit Bowl Shop | NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer, distribution and retail-related investments, today announced that it has acquired Playa Bowls, a rapidly expanding franchise restaura... |
| May 30, 2024 | Belk will debut its first N.C. outlet at Northlake Mall | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Belk is converting the upper level of its Northlake Mall store into an outlet offering a range of products and designers at a lower cost, the Charlotte department store chain announced Thursday.
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| Dec 21, 2021 | Sycamore Partners Acquires Digital Room, a Leading E-Commerce Provider of Customized Marketing Products to Small and Medium Sized Businesses | NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer, distribution, and retail-related investments, today announced that it has acquired Digital Room from an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital.
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| Oct 1, 2021 | Sycamore Partners Completes Acquisition of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates | NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer, retail, and distribution investments, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates from Altria ... |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Multi-strategy Private Equity Company Sinai Capital Partners Raises $600 Million | Sinai Capital Partners, a multi-strategy private equity company encompassing Sinai Ventures and New Slate Ventures, announced today that it has raised more than $600 million in new capital between the two funds. A tech-focused venture capit... |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Victoria's Secret could be sold to a private-equity investor this week | Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
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| Jun 18, 2019 | Sycamore Partners Appoints Carla Vogel as Chief Compliance Officer | Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm based in New York specializing in consumer and retail investments, today announced that Carla Vogel has been named Chief Compliance Officer, with responsibility for overseeing Sycamore’s compliance p... |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Sycamore Partners Closes Third Fund At $4.75 Billion | Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm based in New York specializing in consumer and retail investments, today announced it has closed its third fund, Sycamore Partners III, L.P., with $4.75 billion of limited partner capital commitments... |
| Oct 9, 2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, October 9 | HITTING THE BRAKES
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| Jan 6, 2015 | Coach Scoops Up Shoemaker Stuart Weitzman for $574 Million | January 6, 2015 3 min read This story originally appeared on Fortune Magazine
Coach has agreed to pay as much as $574 million to buy women’s footwear maker Stuart Weitzman, scooping up the asset from Sycamore Partners in a move that will fu... |
| Mar 31, 2014 | ATP Private Equity Partners secures €800m for latest fund of funds | ATP Private Equity Partners has secured €800m for its fifth fund of funds from parent company ATP, Denmark’s largest |
| Dec 6, 2010 | ATP Private Equity Partners closes €1bn fund of funds | Like its predecessors, the fund continues to be entirely backed by ATP, which has €70bn of assets under management. It |
| Jul 18, 2006 | American Private Equity Partners II closes on $146m | American Private Equity Partners II has already made commitments totalling $60m to Carlyle Partners IV, Oak Hill Capital |
| May 19, 2005 | Delta Private Equity Partners closes $120m fund for Russia | The fund had an interim closing on 16 June 2004, by which date more than $60m had been committed. Kirill Dmitriev, mana |
| May 12, 2005 | Danish fund of funds ATP Private Equity Partners raises new €1bn fund | ATP PEP is sponsored by the Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension Scheme ATP and the Special Pension Savings Scheme |
| Oct 9, 2002 | UK’s Baring Private Equity Partners announces final closing of Asia Fund II at $257m | The majority of the commitments come from previous investors who were involved in Fund I, including Singapore’s GI |
