M&A Deal Summary

Overstock.com Acquires Ski West

On July 2, 2005, Overstock.com acquired apparel/textiles company Ski West for 25M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Overstock.com’s 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Overstock.com’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Overstock.com’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Overstock.com’s 1st transaction in Alberta.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-07-02
Target Ski West
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) Overstock.com
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 25M USD
Advisor(s) Woodside Capital Partners (Financial)

Target

Ski West

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
website
Ski West is a rapidly growing, profitable on-line travel company whose proprietary technology provides easy consumer access to a large, fragmented, hard-to-find inventory of lodging, vacation, cruise and transportation bargains.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Overstock.com

Midvale, Utah, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,750
Revenue 1.9B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Overstock.com is an online "closeout" retailer offering discount brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet. Overstock.com was founded in 1997 and is based in Midvale, Utah.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Alberta) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-18 Eziba

North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Eziba, Inc. is a provider of sale website featuring home decor products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-25 OTravel.com

Park City, Utah, United States

OTravel.com, Inc. is a on-line travel company specializing in customized lodging and vacation packages, primarily in popular ski areas in the U.S. and Canada.

Sell $17M
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