Study: Cross-industry acquisitions seen as way to new markets
The report predicts a rise in global M&A deals, legacy companies increasingly using M&A for growth and innovation and more outbound deals for the United States than there have been, due to rising interest rates.
For consumer product and retail companies, 2017 offered more of the steady merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that has characterized the market for the last several years. While deal value dropped from 2016 highs, this will likely be short-lived, according to the 2018 Consumer and Retail M&A Report released by A.T. Kearney. Chicago.
Not accounting for large deals, M&A deal value in 2017 was a scant 2% below the previous year, with activity essentially matching the hot market of 2016, reveals the report, “Can M&A Reignite Growth in Consumer and Retail?”