M&A Deal Summary

Frasers Group Acquires Karrimor

On February 1, 2004, Frasers Group acquired apparel/textiles company Karrimor for 5M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Frasers Group’s 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Frasers Group’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Frasers Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-02-01
Target Karrimor
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) Frasers Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5M GBP

Target

Karrimor

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Karrimor is a British outdoor brand, specialising in adventure sports equipment suitable for everyone from the novice to the professional mountaineer.

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Buyer

Frasers Group

Shirebrook, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Retail
Employees32,000
Revenue 5.5B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Frasers Group is a sports retailer with approximately 400 stores and provides an unrivalled range of products, offering exceptional quality and unbeatable value, from a wide variety of third-party and Group-owned brands, both in-store and online. Frasers Group was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Shirebrook, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 19
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 11
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 11
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 10
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-02-06 Dunlop Slazenger Group

Camberley, United Kingdom

Dunlop Slazenger Group Ltd is a provider of sporting equipment.

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