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PwC Consumer Markets M&A Deals newsletter July 2023

PwC Consumer Markets M&A Deals Newsletter July 2023
  • Publication
  • August 14, 2023

The ECB raised interest rates twice in the quarter and the Bank of England followed as well, taking rates to levels not seen in a decade. CPI inflation falls further while core and services inflation have remained constant.

It will be interesting to see how markets and central banks react in the coming months. This will also influence our sector, not only from an M&A perspective but more broadly in discussions around labor costs, cost of living and consumer price levels. 

For M&A, deal activity in June involved 112 deals in total; that’s an increase of 35 deals year-on-year. A couple of the notable ones are: 

  • Magnit PJSC and Magnit Alyans LLC acquired a ten per cent stake in Magnit PJSC
  • Creed was acquired by Kering SA
  • STS Holding SA was acquired by Entain plc and Entain Holdings (CEE) Ltd.

The most active sector (in number of deals) in June was Household & Personal Care as shown by Kicks Group AB being acquired by Matas A/S, Beauty International BV acquiring Henkel AG & Co KGaA’s diadermine brand, and Druni SA being acquired by Sonae MC - Modelo Continente, Sgps, S.A. and Casp family.

Read more in the July edition of our newsletter.

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Wilmer Kloosterziel

Wilmer Kloosterziel

Partner, PwC Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)61 386 40 62

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