Consumer and retail M&A deals cross US$457b mark in 2015
Low interest rates and recovering global economies help lift acquisition volumes to a new high
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CONSUMER companies struck a record amount of deals this year from hot dogs and cigarettes to the beers you wash them down with. This looks set to be a trend as companies seek out customers' favourite brands outside the United States and Europe.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of consumer and retail companies totalled US$457.5 billion in 2015, the highest number in at least 12 years as some of the largest household names combined, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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