Hickory Farms Sold
Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners yesterday acquired food gifts catalog Hickory Farms.
Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners yesterday acquired food gifts catalog Hickory Farms.
North Castle Partners has been wheeling and dealing: The private equity investor announced on July 3 it bought Performance Bicycle.
Ingram Micro, the world’s largest technology distributor, in June acquired business-to-business electronics accessories mailer DBL Distributing for $96 million.
Merchants juggling multiple selling channels have enough challenges these days
It’s always tempting to scrutinize industry lists such as the Multichannel Merchant 100 in hopes of discerning industrywide trends. In which case, the
After spending the past decade building up its business-to-business division, home improvement products retailer Home Depot has sold the unit to a trio of private equity firms:Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
It pays to be CDW Corp. The computer reseller, which in April reported a 24.5% rise in first-quarter net income, announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.
Business-to-business multititle mailer Lab Safety Supply keeps adding to its stable. The merchant in June announced it had acquired the assets of McFeely’s Square Drive Screws, a woodworking tools and supplies merchant that logged more than $9 million in sales last year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sundance Catalog Co. is expanding into retail.
Private equity giant Bain Capital has acquired multichannel music instruments marketer Guitar Center.