What's Inside

The Coresight Research Playbook series provides recommendations for brands, retailers and marketplaces seeking to tap growth segments and emerging trends.

Coresight Research has identified the rise of SPACs (special purpose acquisitions companies) as one of the key trends to watch in retail. In this Playbook, we present four key strategies for global retail players to capitalize on growth opportunities in traditional M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and SPACs.

We also detail a four-step action plan that retailers and brand owners should take to maximize the benefits of an M&A deal—both traditional and through SPACs—and present two approaches to countering key challenges in M&A/SPACs.

Read our separate reports for more on noteworthy M&A completed transactions and opportunities in SPACs.

Contents (Click to navigate)

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

M&A and SPACs in Retail: A Playbook

Four Key Strategies To Adapt to Recent Trends in M&A

A Four-Step Action Plan for Retailers To Maximize M&A Benefits

Two Approaches for Retailers To Counter Key Challenges

What We Think