M&A Deal Summary

bpost Acquires Lagardère Travel Retail

On February 5, 2016, bpost acquired retailer Lagardère Travel Retail

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bpost’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is bpost’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-02-05
Target Lagardère Travel Retail
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) bpost
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Lagardère Travel Retail

Paris, France
Lagardère Travel Retail is active in proximity retail, among others at train stations and airports, directly operating a network of 220 points of sale, with strong, familiar brands like Press Shop and Relay, selling a wide variety of products and services. Lagardère Travel Retail also distributes newspapers and magazines to some 5 345 points of sale. It has also recently built up a network of some 735 parcel pick-up and delivery points in Belgium under the Kariboo! brand, as well as other value-added e-commerce solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

bpost

Brussels, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 1830
Sector Consumer Services
Employees35,382
Revenue 4.3B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

bpost is a modern, efficient postal company with a network of 670 post offices and 670 PostPoints that provides the universal service in Belgium, serving every letterbox five days per week and delivering around 10 million letters and 100,000 parcels on a daily basis. bpost was founded in 1830 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 5
Country (France) 1 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-07 Landmark Global

United States

Landmark Global is a major international parcels transporter, chiefly between the United States and Canada. Formed in 2005 by Dave Mays and headquartered in California, Landmark Global has around 75 employees and seven operating hubs in the United States and two in Canada.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-07 Bubble Post

Ghent, Belgium

Bubble Post specialises in durable and efficient first -and last mile delivery. Dry, cold and refrigerated goods are consolidated at the city rim and easily distributed into the city centre with small and fast ecological vehicles. Bubble Post reduces the environmental, human and economic cost of the last mile, bringing happiness back into the urban future.

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