Consumer Goods & Retail M&A – H1 2025
The Consumer Goods & Retail sector continues to feel the pressure from global political forces such as weakening US purchasing power and slower Chinese consumer demand.
Because of this, Europe remains the most active geography in Consumer Goods & Retail M&A transactions, as businesses focus their attention on more stable ground. Subsectors such as Food & Beverage remain active, whereas others begin to trail behind.
Our latest review of global Consumer Goods & Retail M&A activity in H1 2025 provides:
- An analysis of global transaction trends and the most active geographies in this period of general decline for the sector
- A breakdown of performance across individual subsectors like Cosmetics, Luxury Goods, and Food Brands by number of transactions and EBITDA multiples since 2022
- Insights into major transactions that have taken place this year including deals by L’Oreal, e.l.f. Beauty and Wild, and the investor rationale behind them
Learn about this and more in our full report below.
