Posts by Brian Levin:

• Welcome to Our Inaugural Issue of The Intrepid Foodie

  Welcome to the first edition of Intrepid’s Food, Beverage & Agriculture (FBA) quarterly industry report. When I joined Intrepid in the fall of 2019 to head up the FBA practice,… Read more »

  11/18/2020

  :: Banker Insights :: Consumer Products & Services :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Industry Reports
• Insights from the 2020 Food & Beverage Industry Roundtable

  Today, the Food, Beverage & Agriculture industry is changing more rapidly than at any other time in its history. Multiple forces, including COVID-19, international trade policy, climate change, demographic shifts,… Read more »

  07/29/2020

  :: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Media
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  Uncertain Environment Provides Unique Growth Opportunity for Direct-to-Consumer Brands

  First, we hope our network is all staying safe and healthy! At Intrepid, our Lifestyle Brands team is thinking about what the world might look like post-pandemic. To provide our… Read more »

  04/27/2020

  :: Banker Insights :: Lifestyle Brands :: Media
• Deal Execution Is A Team Sport

  What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Preparing For and Executing an M&A Transaction In the M&A business, we often use a football field analogy to describe the various stages… Read more »

  08/02/2017

  :: Banker Insights :: Beauty, Personal Care & Wellness :: Lifestyle Brands :: Media :: Toys & Giftware
• Game Changer: Why Toy Companies Are Consolidating

  Toymakers are known for their creativity, innovation, and ability to connect families, but did you know that many toymakers are also family-founded and family-owned? Toy industry giants such as Lego,… Read more »

  06/01/2016

  :: Banker Insights :: Toys & Giftware
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  M&A Activity Follows Strong 2014 with an Even Stronger 2015

  Fueled by a very strong second quarter, M&A in the Toys & Giftware sector in 2015 significantly outperformed 2014. The year saw robust interest from strategic and financial acquirers across… Read more »

  01/28/2016

  :: Consumer Products & Services :: Industry Reports :: Industry Reports: Toys & Giftware :: Toys & Giftware
• Smart Play: Innovative Tech Toys Are a Hit with Strategic and Financial Acquirers

  Playing with toys has always been an essential part of kids’ development, but today’s kids now have one gamechanging thing at their fingertips: technology. This new generation is inundated with… Read more »

  08/05/2015

  :: Banker Insights :: Toys & Giftware
• Intrepid Advises Wild Planet Entertainment, in the Sale of Substantially All of Its Assets, Including the Spy Gear Brand, to Spin Master

  Intrepid, a leading middle-market investment banking firm, today announced the sale of substantially all of the assets of Wild Planet Entertainment, Inc. (Wild Planet), including the popular toy brand Spy… Read more »

  11/27/2012

  :: Consumer Products & Services :: Press Releases :: Toys & Giftware
• Intrepid Advises CAbi in its Recapitalization

  Intrepid today announced the recapitalization of CAbi, LLC. The transaction closed on August 31, 2012. Intrepid acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CAbi in connection with the transaction. CAbi,… Read more »

  10/17/2012

  :: Lifestyle Brands :: Press Releases