Tracked deals
5
5 tracked deals across 2020-2026.
Public Company
Other
Future
London, England, United Kingdom
We are the global platform for specialist media. We create expert original content across a portfolio of 200+ brands and operate websites, magazines, events and social spaces; we also innovate through proprietary technology to monetize audiences.
- Focus Areas
- Specialist media, Digital publishing, Proprietary media monetization technology
- Website
- futureplc.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
5 buyout
Future Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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January 22, 2026
- Buyer
- Future
- Target
- SheerLuxe
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
Future plc has acquired SheerLuxe, a UK-based digital fashion and lifestyle publisher, adding the brand to its Women & Luxury vertical. The deal brings Future a Gen Z-skewed, social-first audience and content capabilities to accelerate content monetisation and expand reach across fashion, beauty and luxury end markets.
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September 1, 2023
- Buyer
- NEXT plc, Reiss family
- Target
- Reiss Group
- Seller
- Warburg Pincus
- Industry
- Retail
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
NEXT plc and the Reiss family have agreed to acquire Warburg Pincus' entire 34% interest in the Reiss Group for total consideration of £128m. Following completion (expected mid-October 2023), NEXT's holding will increase from 51% to 72%, the Reiss family will hold 22% and Reiss management will retain 6%, with Reiss consolidated into NEXT's accounts.
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May 10, 2022
- Buyer
- Future plc
- Target
- Who What Wear
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Future plc has acquired Who What Wear, the digital women's fashion and lifestyle brand, to bolster its portfolio of women's lifestyle titles and expand its audience reach. The acquisition brings Who What Wear's audience, affiliate commerce capabilities, and social content into Future's global network of media brands.
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May 11, 2021
- Buyer
- Future plc
- Target
- Marie Claire US
- Seller
- Hearst Magazines, MC International
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Future plc has acquired Marie Claire US from its prior joint-venture owners (Hearst Magazines and MC International). The deal expands Future's women's lifestyle portfolio and North American reach while enabling Future to apply its ad tech and ecommerce capabilities to grow Marie Claire’s digital audience and advertiser offerings.
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October 5, 2020
- Buyer
- Future plc
- Target
- CinemaBlend
- Seller
- Gateway Blend
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Future plc has acquired CinemaBlend, a US-based digital entertainment publisher and division of Gateway Blend. The acquisition expands Future's reach in its TV & Film and Games & Entertainment verticals—particularly in the US—and provides opportunities to accelerate its WhatToWatch.com offering and diversify CinemaBlend's monetization through Future's proprietary technology.
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