Deal focus: Anchorage gets Aussie icon for a song
Anchorage Capital Partners has acquired David Jones, a longstanding and beloved Australian department store chain, for one-fourth the cost of recent renovation work at a single location
South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings acquired Australian department store chain David Jones in 2014 for AUD 2.1bn (USD 1.4bn) and sold it last month to local private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners...
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