Alibaba to Buy Up to 10% Stake in Duty-Free Retailer Dufry
- Dufry to also form joint venture with Chinese e-commerce giant
- Swiss company to raise about $763 million in capital increase
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. agreed to buy as much as a 9.99% stake in Dufry AG, giving the Swiss duty-free giant a lifeline as the pandemic hammers the business.
Dufry said Monday it’s proposing a capital increase that will raise up to 700 million Swiss francs ($763 million), and Alibaba will participate. Advent International Corp., a private equity company, also plans to invest as much as 455 million francs. Dufry shares surged as much as 16%.