Consumer & retail

Czech ski-in ski-out Hotel Harmony Club was sold to Nordic Investors Group, together with RKE Holding and AKE Holding. Nordic Investors acquired both the real estate and the operations of the hotel in carve-out transaction.

GALERIA Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) sold INNO SA/NV, a Belgian department store chain, to INNOvative Retail BV, a newly established company jointly owned by Axcent of Scandinavia and SKEL fjárfestingafélag.

Ricami NBM, part of Star New Generation SpA (SNG), sold its minority stake in Ricami NBM and reinvested in Gruppo Florence, as part of Gruppo Florence’s acquisition of SNG.

Newlat Food SpA of Italy, a unit of Newlat Group SA, agreed to acquire Princes Ltd, a Liverpool-based grocery products merchant wholesaler, from Mitsubishi Corp.

Alterra Capital Partners and other co-investors acquired Beverages HoldCo 2, a leading carbonated soft drinks and sparkling wine producer in South Africa.

Hruška, spol. s r.o., a grocery retailer, and its real estate arm Sempronemo s.r.o. were sold to Central European Retail Holding, owned by private equity fund Oriens.

La Anita, a producer and distributor in the food industry, acquired Zaaschila, a key competitor with strong presence in northern Mexico.

Lucky Duck Games, a leading developer of crowdfunding and digital-hybrid board games, was sold to Goliath Games, one of the largest European toys & games companies.

MiiN Cosmetics, a leading retailer of Korean cosmetics in Europe, sold a minority stake to Barlon Capital, a private equity fund.