Total consumer industry cross border deals worth $3.8bn were announced globally for February 2022, with the $1.3bn private equity deal with Prince Hotels being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 19.4% over the previous month of $3.19bn and a drop of 67.5% when compared with the last 12-month average of $11.72bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a drop of 13.21% with 92 deals in February 2022 when compared to the last 12-month average of 106 deals.

In value terms, Asia-Pacific led the activity with cross border deals worth $2.32bn in February 2022.

consumer industry cross border deals in February 2022: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 82.7% of the overall value during February 2022.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $3.15bn, against the overall value of $3.8bn recorded for the month.

The top five consumer industry cross border deals of February 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Reco Pine $1.3bn private equity deal with Prince Hotels

2) The $1bn acquisition of 40% stake in China Resources C’estbon Beverage (China) by Plateau Consumer

3) Allwyn Entertainment $372.2m acquisition deal with OPAP

4) The $248.67m acquisition of Shafer Vineyards by Shinsegae Property

5) Emart America $228.25m acquisition deal with SHINSEGAE FOOD