U.S retail giant Walmart Inc , which owns a majority stake in Massmart , has proposed to acquire the rest of shares in the company in a deal valued at 1.34 billion rand ($78.93 million), the South African retailer said on Monday.
, has proposed to acquire the rest of shares in the company in a deal valued at 1.34 billion rand , the South African retailer said on Monday.The retailer had acquired majority control of Massmart through a 51% stake in 2010. Over the past decade, Walmart has had to provide increasing levels of support across Massmart's businesses as they continued to underperform due to various reasons including consumers holding back from purchasing electronics and home goods.
But the turnaround plan has faced many headwinds, primarily the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest in 2021, which resulted in loss of operations and disruptions to the supply chain on certain key inventory lines, flooding as well as weak consumer demand for general merchandise, Massmart said. "The potential offer, if finalised, will provide Massmart with needed access to ongoing financial and operational support from Walmart to sustain the group's turnaround," Massmart added.The retailer, with 403 retail and wholesale stores in 13 African countries, said the headline loss for continuing operations in the 26 weeks ended June 26 widened to 903.5 million rand , from a loss of 358.5 million rand in the year-ago period.
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