Benchmarks: Retail, Trading and Hospitality

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retail, trading and hospitality

This page provides some benchmarks for acquisitions and disposals during the telecommunication booms and busts of the past twenty years.

It covers -

retail
trading
hospitality

retail

Retail landmarks include -

Hudson's Bay Company agrees to be acquired by Jerry Zucker for US$747m in 2006
Agrium pays US$616m for Royster-Clark in 2006
US supermarket chain Albertson's acquired for US$9.8bn by consortium (inc Supervalu US$6.3bn and CVS US$2.93bn) in 2006
Home Depot buys Hughes Supply for $3.2bn in 2006
Alberto-Culver sells Sally Beauty to Regis Corp for US$2.6bn in 2006
Seven & I Holdings buys Millennium Retailing for US$1.7bn to create world's fifth-largest retailer in 2005
Federated Department Stores buys May Department Stores for US$11bn in 2005
Linens 'n Things Inc acquired by Apollo Management and affiliates for US$1.3bn in 2005
Wal-Mart takes 53% stake in Seiyu for US$585m capital injection
Wal-Mart buys Brazilian hypermarkets of Portuguese conglomerate Sonae for US$764m in 2005
Wal-Mart buys 118 store Bompreco chain in Brazil from Royal Ahold in 2005
Baugur buys Karen Millen for £120m in 2004
Morrisons buys Safeway for £3bn in 2004
Kmart buys Sears, Roebuck for US$11bn in 2004
Jean Coutu buys Eckerd Drugstores from JC Penney for C$3.3bn in 2003
Federated Department Stores sells Fingerhut to FAC for US$1.1bn in 2002
Sears buys Lands End for US$1.9bn in 2002
Wal-Mart acquires UK supermarket chain Asda for £6.7bn in 2000
Federated Department Stores buys Fingerhut for US$1.7bn in 1999
Sobeys buys Oshawa Group assets for C$1.5bn in 1998
Loblaw buys Provigo for C$2bn in 1998
Kroger buys Fred Meyer for US$12.9bn in 1998
Albertson's buys American Stores for US$11.7bn in 1998
Tesco pays €800m for Quinnsworth in 1997
Campeau acquires Federated Department Stores for US$8.2bn in 1989
Campeau buys Allied Stores for US$4.9bn in 1986

trading

Trading landmarks include -

Toyota Tsusho (Toyota Motor affiliate) agrees US$1.5bn acquisition of Tomen Corp in 2006

hospitality

Hospitality, gambing and themepark landmarks include -

Blackstone Group agrees to acquire MeriStar Hospitality for US$2.6bn in 2006
Lottomatica agreeds to buy Gtech Holdings for US$4.65bn in 2006
Alwaleed bin Talal and Colony Capital agree to buy Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. for US$3.9bn
Hilton Hotels Corp agrees to buy hotel assets of Britain's Hilton Group PLC for £3.3bn in 2005
Host Marriott agrees to buy 38 properties from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide for US$4.04bn in 2005
Punch Taverns wins auction for Spirit Group pubs chain in UK with £2.7bn bid in 2005
Blackstone buys Wyndham International for US$3.2bn in 2005
Blackstone buys La Quinta for US$3.4bn in 2005
Dubai International Capital buys Tussauds Group for US$1.5bn in 2005
Woolworths buys Taverner Hotel Group for $380m in 2005
Blackstone buys Extended Stay for US$3.1bn in 2004
Woolworths acquires ALH for $1.4bn in 2004
Blackstone sells Savoy Group for US$1.3bn in 2004
MGM Mirage buys Mandalay Resort Group for US$7.9bn in 2004
Hilton Hotels buys Promus for US$4bn in 2000
Granada absorbs Compass Group in £17.5bn deal in 2000
Kerkorian buys Mirage Resorts for US$4.4bn in 2000
Canadian Pacific Hotels acquires Princess Hotels International for C$865m in 1998
Blackstone buys Savoy Group for US$980m in 1998
Charterhouse Capital Partners buys Tussauds from Pearson for £352m in 1998
Granada sells Welcome Break service station chain to Investcorp of Bahrain for £476m in 1997
Marriott pays US$1bn for Renaissance hotels group in 1997
Granada buys Forte hotels and catering group for £3.6bn in 1996
Granada buys Pavilion Services food chain for £125m in 1995
Granada sells its 74 bingo clubs to Bass for £147m in 1991
Skase sells 49.9% of three Mirage resorts to Mitsui & Co and Nippon Shinpan for $433m in 1989
Kerkorian sells MGM Grand Las Vegas to Bally for US$550m in 1985

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