Gucci owner Kering has recently indicated that it is aiming to expand further into U.S. cities following the pandemic slump and a sales surge for luxury goods, despite current inflation indicators. Read More

In an article published by The Daily Upside, titled, “Ford, GM Threaten Car Dealerships That are Jacking Up Prices,” the author describes an ongoing dispute between auto manufacturers – mainly Ford and General Motors (GM) – and car dealerships as it relates to exorbitant car prices. Read More

Despite seeing increasing risks to start the year such as rising inflation, a partial equity market selloff, and the beginning of a commodity crisis in Europe, many lenders remain confident about credit availability in the near term. Read More

Experts are predicting that trucking industry M&A could rise 20% over 2021 levels, which saw a record number of deals all over the industry. Read More

Toro Company recently announced it has acquired Intimidator Group, the maker of the Spartan Mowers brand. Read More

In an article written by Heather Gillers, titled, “Retirement Funds Bet Bigger on Private Equity,” the author describes how U.S. retirement and pension funds have increased asset allocation to private equity funds, reaching an average of 8.9% of pension funds’ investments in 2021. Read More

The record-level of M&A deals is set to continue into 2022, with the current pace of deals and deal volumes still displaying strong signals of momentum. Read More

The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, which measures manufacturing industry performance based on a monthly survey of supply managers, recently showed strong December growth in Minnesota. Read More

General Electric (NYSE:GE) has recently announced the acquisition of Opus One. Opus is a software that works to manage distributed power assets such as energy storage, solar power, and wind farms. Read More

Following a record year for M&A activity in 2021 - $2.2 trillion in M&A activity across the Americas - Datasite delivers a continual positive outlook for the market heading into 2022 in its recently released report, titled, “Deal Drivers: Americas 2022 Outlook.” Read More