LUXUO unpicks what happens when brands merge or get acquired by other companies to facilitate growth and scale up their businesses.The furniture and lighting industry has had its fair share of mergers and acquisitions alongside experiencing massive economic shifts to scale up in different markets and gain industry dominance in recent years. LUXUO presents a handful of large furniture conglomerates that have displayed their “power” when plotting a dominant business strategy.
On 19 July 2021, two giants in the American furniture industry took the world by storm. Herman Miller announced its acquisition of Knoll. The formal acquisition makes the combined company own a roster of 19 leading brands, and its footprint comprises 19 leading brands spanning across 100 countries globally. There will be 64 showrooms globally, more than 50 physical stores and global multi-channel eCommerce capabilities. A day later, Herman Miller announced it would move forward as MillerKnoll.
“We have had the opportunity to guarantee ourselves the honour and burden of playing a part in ensuring that the story of Ingo Maurer continues to be talked about around the world and support its further development on global markets.”All Ingo Maurer products are still designed and manufactured in Munich, Germany, a legacy since 1970.
Over the past few years, Investindustrial, a private equity business, has been collecting a portfolio of design brands before joining the new Design Holding group. In 2014, it purchased 80 percent of Flos; the following year, it acquired the bulk of B&B Italia. In July 2018, Design Holding purchased Louis Poulsen. Concurrently, in 2016, B&B Italia acquired the kitchen brand Arclinea.
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