Beauty Care M&A Falls Back to Reality
Beauty Care M&A came back down to earth in Q1’22 with 29 transactions, following the unprecedented and unsustainable volume levels seen in Q4’21. Despite the drop from Q4’21, M&A activity… Read more »
Industry Reports
2024 Market Update – Commercial & Consumer Technology
Sponsors taking a “wait-and-see” approach to exits Scarcity of quality deals in market preserves strong multiples Audiotonix finds its next private equity owner Resideo acquires Snap One for $1.4B Walmart… Read more »
Marketing Services M&A Recap
Recap of 2023: Deal Making Hits a Multi-Decade Trough After the M&A frenzy in 2021 and early 2022, transaction volume began to decline in the back half of 2022 and… Read more »
Beauty Care M&A Regains Momentum
Beauty Care M&A ended the year showing signs of increased momentum, closing Q4’23 with 25 transactions, a 19% increase from a depressed Q3’23 and a 17% decrease from Q4’22. Despite… Read more »
Consumer Sentiment Continues to be Challenged
After showing potential signs of stabilization, the end of Q3 experienced a decline in consumer sentiment, dropping to 63.8 from 67.9 in September. The third quarter also experienced a continued… Read more »
IPO Market Showing Signs of Life
In the words of Mark Twain, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” After a year-long slump in the IPO market, a string of recent offerings has provided… Read more »
General Industrials Industry Update & Industry Leader Benchmarking
H1 2023 Update and H2 2023 Outlook In the first half of 2023, global economic uncertainty continued from Q4 2022, as highlighted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature… Read more »
Prior Quarter Rebound Proves Temporary for Beauty M&A
Beauty Care M&A volume dropped 30% from the positive uptick in Q2’23 and 16% from Q3’22. With only 21 transactions, Q3’23 highlights the continued slowdown of beauty M&A, ranking the… Read more »
One Plus One Equals Three – Consolidation Continues for Commercial & Consumer Technology Businesses
Strategic buyers were highly acquisitive in the first half of 2023 as industry leaders augmented their internal growth initiatives with inorganic M&A strategies. While dry powder across the global private… Read more »
Marketing Services M&A Poised for Rebound
The marketing services sector experienced a significant contraction in M&A transaction activity in the first half of 2023, with deal volumes falling to the lowest levels seen since the COVID… Read more »