Steinhoff raises stakes in battle for Darty with $1.2 billion counter bid

PARIS (Reuters) - French retailer Fnac aforementioned on Thursday it was offer 145 pence per portion to buy Darty , Europe's third-largest electronics retailer, ruff a impudently embossed offering from Conforama, a whole of S African ret gather Steinhoff . Fnac aforementioned in a affirmation that its crack precious Darty at 779 billion pounds, spell Conforama had aforesaid its increased crack at 138 pence precious Darty at around 742 meg pounds. (Reportage by Dominique Vidalon; Redaction by James Regan)