Horizontal and vertical mergers are two strategies your company can use to achieve specific objectives, such as growing your business, entering new markets, increasing revenue or reducing costs. A ...

If horizontal mergers within the same industry concentrate market share among a small number of companies, it creates an oligopoly. If one company ends up with a dominant market share, it has a ...

A merger combines two companies together—usually those of similar size and operations. This type of transaction is usually friendly, where all parties involved agree to the consolidation.

Companies bought and sold each other at a record pace in 2021, with 1,047 deals — each valued at more than $100 million — inked globally last year, according to a new study.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long been a strategic move for companies aiming to grow, diversify, or gain a competitive edge. In the last 50 years, some of the world’s most iconic ...

CHICAGO — Jewel-Osco parent company Albertsons is suing Mariano’s parent company Kroger after a $24.6 billion merger of the grocery giants was blocked in court. The merger, announced in 2022 ...

Cancer-detection companies Illumina and its former start-up, Grail, say they can save lives and reduce costs through a vertical re-merger. However, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic - the U ...