Retail M&A Deals Unravel in the Wake of the Coronavirus Crisis

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We are seeing a slew of companies reassess M&A deals due to Covid-19 impacts on sellers’ revenues, cash flow and liquidity. We discuss the decline in global M&A transaction volumes and explore the recent breakdown of such deals in the context of the coronavirus crisis, between companies across a number of retail sectors:

• Retail real estate—Simon Property Group and Taubman
• Luxury—LVMH and Tiffany & Co.
• Apparel—L Brands (Victoria’s Secret) and Sycamore
• Grocery—Ahold Delhaize’s Stop & Shop and King Kullen Grocery

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