list of mergers and acquisitions likely to face antitrust scrunity

The infographic shows the  list of corporations  with their  recent acquisitions.These are among the biggest mergers  that are likely to face  antitrust scrutiny this year. Among one of the biggest  deals last year  was  ABInbev and Sabmiller's 108 billion deal which will   combine worlds 2 largest brewer . Among the other biggest mergers include

• Dow Chemicals and Dupont
• Anthem Cigna and Aetna Humana
• Halliburton and Baker Hughes
• Walgreens and Rite Aid : the number 1 and no 3  pharmacy  chains set to create the biggest pharma chains
• Staples and Office Depot 

91% auto sales happened instore compared to 6% online

Consumer site visits increase the probability of instore experience and subsequent sales .According to Omnishopping retail data  94% of  US auto parts sales  happened instore compared to 6% online .

retail sales comparison : auto parts vs furniture vs electronics

How America Shops:  electronics vs auto parts vs furniture:  

data:wsj

The above data comes from  U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales Track estimated U.S. consumer spending by type of store, based on data from the monthly and annual Retail Electronic and appliances retail sales grew the highest,followed by auto parts and  furniture sales 

retail growth in US increase 8% as compared to ecommerce growth of 20%

data from MasterCard SpendingPulse™, which looks at U.S. retail sales trends across cards, cash and checks, retail sales excluding auto and gas grew 7.9% during the traditional Black Friday to Christmas Eve shopping season. The biggest winners this season were eCommerce and furniture, with double-digit growth, while electronics and men’s apparel lagged well behind.Commerce grew roughly 20% compared to last year. This is not a total surprise, as 70% of U.S. consumers report doing more research online than before, according to our recent Omnishopper Guide

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the biggest US apparel brands by sales per stores

The  highest sold apparel brand by sales per store in US

the chart shows the most sold apparel brands by retail store sales .The top 3brands as published by NRF  is L Brands Aschena retail group and Chicos FAS.

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