acquisitions

Home Depot buys The Company Store
Home Depot buys The Company Store
December 28, 2017  |  Retail

Catalog and eCommerce home goods and textile retailer The Company Store has been acquired by Home Depot, the home improvement giant announced Thursday (Dec. 28). The...

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Overstock tZero Spends $12M For Minority Stake In StockCross
Overstock tZero Spends $12M For Minority Stake In StockCross
December 26, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Overstock’s tZERO unit announced Friday (Dec. 22) it was acquiring a minority stake in StockCross Financial Services, a DTC clearing firm. “As we have told...

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Thales Buys Gemalto For $5.6B
Thales Buys Gemalto For $5.6B
December 18, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Thales and Gemalto announced over the weekend that Gemalto agreed to the 4.8 billion euros ($5.6 billion) deal to sell itself. In a press release,...

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Apple To Acquire Shazam To Increase Music Subscriptions
Apple To Acquire Shazam To Increase Music Subscriptions
December 11, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Apple is looking to boost its music service subscriptions by acquiring Shazam for about $400 million. According to TechCrunch, media reports are saying that Apple is...

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Walgreens Invests in Chinese Pharmacy Chain
Walgreens Invests in Chinese Pharmacy Chain
December 07, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Wednesday (Dec. 6) it reached an agreement with China National Accord Medicines to invest in its unit, Sinopharm Holding GuoDa Drugstores...

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WePay CEO On Chase Acquisition And What’s Next
WePay CEO On Chase Acquisition And What’s Next
December 05, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

“A couple of years ago, everyone was talking about integrated payments,” WePay CEO Bill Clerico told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. “Now people aren’t...

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CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
December 04, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

CVS is gearing up to announce a $69 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Aetna, in a move aimed at taking on Amazon, which is...

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Mickey Drexler Wanted Amazon To Buy J.Crew
Mickey Drexler Wanted Amazon To Buy J.Crew
November 10, 2017  |  Retail

Mickey Drexler, chairman of J.Crew, thinks his company would be a perfect target for Amazon, which spent billions this summer to purchase Whole Foods Market....

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No Storefront? No Problem: Future Retail May Be Unattended
No Storefront? No Problem: Future Retail May Be Unattended
November 10, 2017  |  Retail

If only shopping weren’t so … shoppy. Sure, eCommerce takes away a lot of the hassle, but sometimes you need that last-minute pair of sunglasses...

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