M&A Deal Summary

Global Industrial Acquires TigerDirect

On January 10, 1995, Global Industrial acquired retailer TigerDirect

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Global Industrial’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Global Industrial’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Global Industrial’s 1st transaction in Florida.
Investment Fate
  • TigerDirect was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1995-01-10
Target TigerDirect
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Global Industrial
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

TigerDirect

Miami, Florida, United States
TigerDirect, Inc. is a retailer of consumer electronics and computers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Global Industrial

Port Washington, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1949
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,845
Revenue 1.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Global Industrial sells industrial and technology products through a system of branded e-Commerce websites and relationship marketers in North America and Europe. Global Industrial was founded in 1949 and is based in Port Washington, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 5
State: Florida M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 1995 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1992-01-10 Misco Technologies

Northampton, United Kingdom

Misco Technologies Ltd. is a multi-vendor technology provider of IT products, software, and services to businesses and public sector organizations. Misco Technologies Ltd. was founded in 1988 and is based in Northampton, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-10 CompUSA.com

Miami, Florida, United States

CompUSA.com, Inc. is a operator of computer and computer-product retail stores in the United States.

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