Publicis Groupe has acquired Expicient Inc. a leading global omni-channel services firm with significant expertise in inventory and order management systems (OMS), a capability that clients increasingly need to manage inventory, pricing and offers across channels for today’s connected consumer who moves fluidly across digital and physical stores
Following a successful City roadshow, led by chief executive Trevor Mather, books were closed early yesterday on the £2billion-plus flotation of Auto Trader, which operates Britain’s leading website for buying and selling new and used cars
Trinity Mirror are in talks with Richard Desmond about potentially buying the Daily Express
An investment company aiming to buy telecoms, media and technology companies in a consolidating European market has received backing from a range of institutional funds managed by Neil Woodford, Fidelity and Standard Life
Unibail-Rodamco SE, Europe’s largest listed commercial property company, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris Ile-deFrance (CCIR) have entered into an agreement with U.K.-based private equity firm Charterhouse to take over Unibail’s 50 percent stake in Comexposium. This offer values Comexposium at €550 million ($816 million)
ITV has bought the makers of BBC1’s The Voice, Dutch production company Talpa Media, for £355m in a deal that could end up costing more than double that
The flotation, which would probably propel Auto Trader into the FTSE 250 index, would value the company at 14-18 times its last reported earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation.
Easyfairs has acquired Tank Storage Magazine – the market leading publication for the tank storage industry. The development is part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its support of the markets within which it operates.
Diversified Communications has acquired The Sleeter Group, Inc., founded by Doug Sleeter, operates a membership community that provides professional training and development through an annual conference, membership networking forums, webinars, books, exams, newsletters, blogs and research services
Artexis Easyfairs has acquired the management of the Dry Bulk Conference and Exhibition from the publishers of Dry Cargo International
ITE Group has acquired 50.1% of a portfolio of events including Africa Oil Week
Emerald Expositions, LLC (“Emerald”) announced today that it has acquired two leading tradeshow and conference businesses in separate transactions with Vendome Group, LLC and Macfadden Communications Group, LLC
One of the first entrants into the mobile payments space back in 2007, Toronto-based Plastic Mobile announced on Feb. 19 on its website that it was being acquired by Havas Media
Private equity owners Apax snub a takeover approach from Hellman & Friedman to pursue a stock market listing of the UK’s biggest online marketplace for new and used cars
Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of the South Africa-based company Epic Communications, the country’s leading independent integrated strategic communications agency
Hobsons, the world’s leader in connecting learning to life, today announced the acquisition of Starfish Retention Solutions, the leading provider of student success and advising systems for higher education institutions
It was announced yesterday that Arrow Electronics has purchased Hearst publishing’s United Technical Publications, which includes 16 engineering web sites, e-newsletters, inventory access tools and databases. The deal gives Arrow a powerful electronics B2B content marketing platform to reach a claimed 1 million engineering professionals worldwide. Trade magazine Electronic Products is part of the deal.
WPP research and data unit Kantar continues to restructure around strategic alliances giving it a better footing in the global audience measurement marketplace
Once the takeover has been completed, the joint venture will be called ITEMF Expo AO. Comtrans and Autotrans are important events in Russia for commercial vehicles, buses and special vehicles.
Montgomery Group has announced the purchase of international event for professionals in aid and development, AidEx, from Centaur Media
