Maria SantosFood
Foshan Haitian Acquires Amoy Food from Trustar Capital
The transaction gives the dual-listed Chinese condiment maker full ownership of the brand, which distributes across more than 40 countries.
Asia retail M&A
Who is buying whom in Asian retail
Acquisitions, mergers, buyouts, stake sales and funding rounds that change who owns the shelf — from convenience chains and grocers to bubble tea, beauty and e-commerce.
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About this desk
Ownership is the story behind every other retail story
When a convenience chain in Tokyo changes hands, when a Southeast Asian grocery group sells a stake to a global fund, when a bubble-tea brand raises a round it plans to spend on store openings — those are not finance stories. They are the reason ranges change, stores close, suppliers get swapped and executives move.
This page gathers every ownership story we publish across Asia in one place, and connects each one to its structured record in the Deal & Expansion Tracker — parties, markets, value, status and source — so a headline you read here becomes an entry you can act on there.
- Primary sources firstExchange filings, regulator notices and company statements before press aggregation. If it is only reported, we say so.
- Structured recordEvery deal is logged in the Deal & Expansion Tracker with parties, markets, value, status and a link to the original story.
- Follow-throughDeals do not end at announcement. We track approvals, completion and the integrations that decide whether they worked.
What we track
Mergers & acquisitions
Full takeovers and agreed mergers — the transactions that redraw market share overnight, from convenience-store consolidation in Japan to grocery platform roll-ups in Southeast Asia.
Stake sales & carve-outs
Minority and majority positions, strategic investments and non-core divestments. Often the first signal that a larger reshuffle is coming, so we track them as closely as outright sales.
Buyouts & take-privates
Private equity moves on listed retailers, founder buybacks and delistings. These deals change who answers for strategy — and usually precede a restructuring.
Funding rounds
Growth capital for retail and consumer platforms. We cover rounds that change a company's expansion capacity, not seed cheques for pre-launch concepts.
Latest deal coverage
Sarah ChenFood
L Catterton Buys $30 Million Minority Stake in Nandhana Foods
The global consumer private equity firm’s investment will fund kitchen expansion, real estate acquisition, and centralized supply chains across southern India.
Maria SantosFashion
David Jones Shares Jump 12.3 Percent on Mystery UK Takeover Offer
The unsolicited approach from an unnamed British entity also lifted shares in rival Australian department store Myer by more than four percent.
Sarah ChenAutomotive
Li Auto to Sell EV Tech Externally After 1.7 Billion Yuan Loss
The Chinese automaker is seeking outside capital and preparing power electronics subsidiary Sike Semiconductor for an initial public offering.
Aiko TanakaAutomotive
Xpeng Expands Foreign Tech Licensing Beyond Volkswagen Deal
The Chinese electric vehicle maker is opening its Turing AI chips and smart driving software to global car brands as quarterly services revenue surged 93.9 per cent to 2.7 billion yuan.
Aiko TanakaFashion
Extravaganza Beauty Acquires Luxury Fragrance House Roja London
Founder Roja Dove steps into an advisory role while chief executive Audrey Minard continues running the British perfumery.
Maria SantosFashion
Frasers Group Extends 65-Cent Takeover Bid for Accent Group to January 2027
Mike Ashley’s retail group prolongs its hostile on-market offer for the Australian footwear chain after the target board rejected the valuation.
Sarah ChenFashion
Cue Clothing Enters Voluntary Administration 17 Months After Hilco Capital Takeover
Turnaround firm Hilco Capital put the 58-year-old Australian fashion group into administration on Tuesday following its acquisition from the founding Levis family.
Minjun ParkStartups
Grab to Acquire Atome Financial in Deal Valued at up to $4.5 Billion
The Singapore super-app will pay $1.49 billion for an initial 60 per cent stake to speed its consumer lending rollout across Southeast Asia.
Rajiv MenonGeneral
Eddie Ong Raises Hextar Retail Stake to 35.42%, Triggering Mandatory Offer
Hextar Portfolio acquired 22.41 million shares at up to 43 sen each, with the offerors planning to maintain the company’s listing on Bursa Malaysia.