M&A Deal Summary

Lagardère Travel Retail Acquires International Duty Free

On July 25, 2019, Lagardère Travel Retail acquired retailer International Duty Free for 250M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lagardère Travel Retail’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Lagardère Travel Retail’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lagardère Travel Retail’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-07-25
Target International Duty Free
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Lagardère Travel Retail
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 250M EUR

Target

International Duty Free

Steenokkerzeel, Belgium
International Duty Free is an operator of Duty-Free in airports and as a European provider in Travel Retail. International Duty Free was founded in 1958 and is based in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium.

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Buyer

Lagardère Travel Retail

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1852
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1