New York City — HBC and leading growth capital investor Insight Partners have entered into a partnership that establishes Saks Fifth Avenue’s e-commerce business as a standalone entity, which will be known as Saks. Insight Partners has made a $500 million minority equity investment in Saks, valuing the business at $2 billion. The retailer’s 40-store fleet will operate separately as an entity referred to as SFA, which remains wholly owned by HBC. As separate but related sister companies, Saks and SFA will be better able to appropriately plan for and …
Richard Baker
Toronto — Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has entered into a definitive agreement with METRO AG to acquire Galeria Holding, the parent company of Germany’s Number 1 department store, Kaufhof, for €2.420 billion (C$3.357 billion). The acquisition is expected to close by the end of third fiscal quarter 2015.