<div> <p>Hawkin&#39;s Bazaar, the toy and curiosity shop that narrowly avoided folding in 2011, has been sold off by its private equity backer Primary Capital.&nbsp;The value of the deal was not disclosed but the buyer, Merino Private Equity, typically acquires businesses worth up to &pound;20m.&nbsp;Primary Capital originally bought a 50pc stake in Hawkin&#39;s Bazaar&#39;s parent company, Tobar Group, for &pound;42m in 2006. But the novelty gift chain ran into difficulties after the financial crisis.</p> </div>