Dealmaking Tag

With fashion stuck in a really uncertain a part of the economic cycle, many dealmakers are staying on the sidelines.  But they’re still keeping an in depth eye available on the market and biding their time, waiting for when the bottom is just a little firmer under foot in the patron world. And direct-to-consumer firms, brand management firms, on a regular basis luxury, outdoor and energetic are all amongst spaces to observe, said Cathy Leonhardt and David Shiffman — coheads of consumer retail at Solomon Partners, which has a protracted history of fashion dealmaking and was previously referred to as PJ Solomon. While there are still some deals getting done — Solomon recently advised Designer Brands Inc. on its acquisition of Keds from...