Clairfield advises GiftForYou on its sale to Wonderbox

USHIP SAS, the leading retail/franchise distributor of leisure marine equipment in France, Italy, and Spain, owned by Intuitis Investisseurs Privés since 2012, was sold to its management, Ouest Croissance, Unexo, and BNP Paribas Développement.

Laguso, a vendor of high‐quality riding and leisure clothing, received a private investment from a German family office to secure growth of its fashion brand.

The shareholders of Grupo Turistore, the leading souvenir shop retailer in Mexico, completed a capitalization of shares subscribed by Nexxus Capital and Alta Growth Capital, two of Mexico’s most active private equity firms.

Bechtle AG [ETR: BC8], the European IT retail leader with EUR 3.5 billion in revenue, acquired Inmac Wstore, the remaining European business of Systemax Inc [NYSE: SYX], a US‐based industrial group.

The Finnish discount retailer Hong Kong Oy sold 100% of the company to the Swedish discount store chain Rusta AB in a cash and shares transaction.

Seagood Oy Fort Deli, a foodservice company, was sold to Orkla, a Norwegian consumer goods company.

Shareholders of LG Harris & Co Ltd disposed the business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oslo-headquartered Orkla. Harris, founded in 1928, is a market leader in painting tools for the UK Do-It-Yourself sector.

Ets Grassot,  a family company owning garden centers under the franchise Villaverde, was sold to Gamm Vert, the top garden center retailer in France. Ets Grassot is the leading garden center in Lyon.