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Mitsui & Co Acquires Bigi Holdings Co.

On January 18, 2018, Mitsui & Co acquired apparel/textiles company Bigi Holdings Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mitsui & Co’s 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Mitsui & Co’s 2nd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-01-18
Target Bigi Holdings Co.
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) Mitsui & Co
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Bigi Holdings Co.

Tokyo, Japan
Bigi HD is an apparel company that has developed some of Japan's best-known brands, including yoshie inaba, Men's Bigi, MELROSE, and Papas. In recent years its product planning capabilities, backed by accurate anticipation of changing needs and values, has resulted in the creation of new brands based on unique world views, such as martinique and plain people. The Bigi Group has been able to establish a solid position for itself in Japan's maturing apparel market by using the development of these brands to make a wide-ranging appeal, including lifestyle suggestions, to trend-conscious consumers.

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Buyer

Mitsui & Co

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Diversified
Employees56,400
Revenue 14.66T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Mitsui & Co engages in the export, import, wholesale, and retail of steel products; steel processing; mining and sale of iron ores; and sale and trading of ferrous scrap and alloy products and chemicals, energy, food, food & retail management, healthcare & service, consumer business, IT & communication business, corporate development business. Mitsui & Co was founded in 1947 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 51
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 21
Country: Japan M&A 2 of 6
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 6
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