by Andy Day | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog
Acquisitions in the events industry are exploding, mergers are being whispered about at the edges of conference halls. The events industry, it seems, is ripe for acquisitions and mergers. Not so long ago it became obvious that every brand should become a media...
by Andy Day | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Software company BitTorrent Inc, which is responsible for the upkeep of the BitTorrent file sharing protocol, has been acquired by Justin Sun the founder of the TRON cryptocurrency. The deal closed last week but had been kept under wraps allowing BitTorrent time to...
by Andy Day | May 11, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Irish family owned firm Smyth Toys has acquired the European operations of American bankrupt toy giant Toys R Us in a €79m ($94m) deal. The transaction will almost double the footprint of the Mayo based company, adding 93 stores based in Germany, Austria and...
by Andy Day | May 10, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Rogers & Cowan a global PR & marketing agency owned by Interpublic Group has acquired London based ITB Worldwide. ITB is one of Europe’s leading entertainment marketing agencies that specialises in digital influencers. Founded in 2008 ITB Worldwide focuses on...
by Andy Day | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Vice Media has acquired Brooklyn experiential events company Villain in a bid to bolster its live offering to advertisers. Villain whose industrial sized 15,000ft “raw” venue is based near Vice’s head offices in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area employs 12 people and...
by Andy Day | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Nokia has acquired California startup SpaceTime Insight, an Internet of Things company that provides machine-learning powered analytics tech and IoT applications to large energy and transportation corporates like FedEx, Singapore Power and Union Pacific Railroad. The...
by Andy Day | May 7, 2018 | Blog
We have a three year plan we’re in the middle of executing We’ve just hired a new Managing Director I might be interested in a couple of years when I can get a better valuation We always have companies sniffing around I’m not interested No! These are all typical...
by Andy Day | May 7, 2018 | Blog
Acquiring a company can be a long process, not only do you have to kiss a lot of frogs, but contacting an owner for the first time about acquisition and knowing what to say can be fraught with problems. Many “not for sale” businesses are likely to give a competitor...
by Andy Day | May 4, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Square, the payments platform, has acquired website building service Weebly for $365 million. “This is a huge building block,” CEO Jack Dorsey said. “We can now offer our sellers an easy way, with minimal hassle, to sell both offline and online. All they have to...
by Andy Day | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Macy’s the American department store chain has acquired Manhattan based retail concept store Story. The company bills itself as a retail concept that takes the point of view of a magazine, changes like a gallery and sells things like a store. Every four to eight...
