Total consumer industry cross border deals worth $7.92bn were announced globally for January 2021, with the $3.3bn acquisition of GE Appliances being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 328.1% over the previous month of $1.85bn and a rise of 27.1% when compared with the last 12-month average of $6.23bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a drop of 5.00% with 76 deals in January 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 80 deals.

In value terms, North America led the activity with cross border deals worth $5.72bn in January 2021.

Consumer industry cross border deals in January 2021: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 66.6% of the overall value during January 2021.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $5.27bn, against the overall value of $7.92bn recorded for the month.

The top five consumer industry cross border deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) AB Electrolux’s $3.3bn acquisition of GE Appliances

2) The $1.23bn acquisition of Bourne Leisure by The Blackstone Group

3) GVC Holdings’ $340.38m private equity deal with Nordic Leisure

4) The $204.16m acquisition deal of ASV Group by Evergreen Hospitality

5) Aspex Management, Boyu Capital Consultancy, Matrix Partners China, Sequoia Capital China and SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s asset transaction deal with Klook Travel Technology for $200m.