Retail

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is buying its way into the heart of the US healthcare system, instantly shaking up a prescription-drug industry already in the midst of a broader transformation. Insurance companies and drug-benefit managers have struck a series of deals in recent months designed in part to thwart a potential big splash in the health world from Amazon. But the ...

Bloomberg MAV Beauty Brands Inc., the personal-care company founded by celebrity hairstylist Marc Anthony Venere, raised C$242 million ($182 million) in its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the sale. The Toronto-based firm priced its shares at C$14 each, the low end of its marketed range of C$14 to C$16, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

Bloomberg After several quarters on the bench, Nike Inc. has finally healed the damage inflicted by Adidas AG. Nike increased sales in North America for the first time in a year, after its smaller European rival had been outmaneuvering the sneaker giant on its home turf. Nike’s improved performance, sparked by new products and a smartphone shopping app, unleashed a ...

Bloomberg Conagra Brands Inc. agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods Inc. for about $8.1 billion in cash and stock, gaining freezer-aisle brands such as Birds Eye to capitalise on growing demand for frozen foods. The deal values Pinnacle at $68 a share, the companies said in a statement. The price is 23 percent above Pinnacle’s closing level on April 19, when ...

Bloomberg Steinhoff Africa Retail Ltd. shares fell after Tekkie Town head Bernard Mostert quit alongside fellow senior managers following a legal claim lodged against the retailer by the shoe chain’s founding shareholders. STAR, as Steinhoff Africa is known, has repeatedly said it shouldn’t be held liable for the claim by Tekkie Town founders led by Braam van Huyssteen, which relates ...

Bloomberg Neiman Marcus Group went online for its latest management search, hiring a former Amazon.com Inc. executive to run its luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman as it refocuses efforts on growing internet sales. Darcy Penick, previously chief executive officer of Amazon subsidiary Shopbop, will be tasked with speeding up the company’s “digital transformation,” according to a statement. She will step ...

Bloomberg The demise of Toys ‘R’ Us in the US has left billions of dollars in sales up for grabs, and Party City Holdco Inc. is going after that gaping hole. Party City plans to operate 50 pop-up toy stores from September through the holiday-shopping season, possibly in former locations of the defunct chain, executives said. The assortment will include ...

Bloomberg KKR & Co.’s leveraged buyout of Toys ‘R’ Us is coming under scrutiny by state pension funds that are questioning the private equity firm’s role in the bankruptcy of the world’s largest toy retailer. The Minnesota State Board of Investment decided to temporarily halt future commitments to KKR as it reviews the investment, while the Washington State Investment Board ...

Bloomberg Chanel Ltd., known for No. 5 perfume, little black dresses and financial secrecy, opened its books for the first time to reveal almost $10 billion in sales last year — a level that rivals luxury leader Louis Vuitton. It also reveals a vastly larger fortune for the two brothers that own the luxury giant than prior estimates. Alain and ...

Bloomberg Conagra Brands Inc. has approached Pinnacle Foods Inc. about a potential deal that would add popular freezer-aisle brands to its roster at a time when frozen-food sales are booming, according to people familiar with the matter. The rival food manufacturers have had contact in recent weeks, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the details aren’t ...