Q3 Retail & Consumer M&A Value Up 160%

http://www.pwc.com/us/en/press-releases/2012/consumer-foods-private-equity.jhtml

Corporations spinning off businesses, private equity (PE) investment in retail, continued cross border activity and expansion into e-commerce drove retail & consumer merger & acquisition (M&A) activity in the third quarter of 2012, according to PwC’s US retail and consumer M&A insights Q3 2012 report released today.
For the three month period ending September 30, 2012, there were a total of 32 deals in the retail and consumer sector with values greater than $50 million, accounting for $19.8 billion in deal value, a 60 percent increase in volume and a 160 percent increase in value from the 20 deals worth $7.6 billion during the third quarter of 2011.