Retail
| Client | Business | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 1-800 Contacts Draper, UT | Markets and manufactures contact lenses. | Type: M&A, Acquisition Details: Acquisition of Lens Express and Lens 1st |
| 1-800 Contacts Draper, UT | Markets and manufactures contact lenses. | Type: Public Equity Offering Details: Lead Managed IPO |
| All Wound Up Cleveland, OH | Retails and markets interactive toys and novelty merchandise. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Borders Group (Ann Arbor, MI) |
| American Greetings Brooklyn, OH | Designs, manufactures, markets, and sells seasonal and everyday greeting cards and other social expression products. | Type: Debt Offering Details: Co-managed debt offering |
| Art Works Baltimore, MD | Sells art and posters. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Hadley House (Minneapolis, MN) |
| Century Equipment Toledo, OH | Provides quality products, customer care, and service to home owners, golf courses, landscaping contractors, sports fields, governmental entities, and commercial and industrial organizations. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Jerry Pate Company (Pensacola, FL) |
| Cole National Twinsburg, OH | Provides optical products and services and personalized gifts, under brands such as Pearle Vision and Things Remembered. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in shareholder issue |
| Cole National Twinsburg, OH | Provides optical products and services and personalized gifts, under brands such as Pearle Vision and Things Remembered. | Type: Public Equity Offering Details: Lead managed follow-on offering |
| Cole National Twinsburg, OH | Provides optical products and services and personalized gifts, under brands such as Pearle Vision and Things Remembered. | Type: Debt Offering Details: Co-managed high-yield debt offering |
| Cole National Twinsburg, OH | Provides optical products and services and personalized gifts, under brands such as Pearle Vision and Things Remembered. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Shareholder Rights Plan |
| Consolidated Stores Columbus, OH | Operates as a value-specialty retailer. | Type: Public Equity Offering Details: Co-managed follow-on offering |
| Dots Cleveland, OH | Sells extreme value fashion apparel and accessories for women. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: M&A redemption of 49% shareholder |
| Dots Cleveland, OH | Sells extreme value fashion apparel and accessories for women. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in review of strategic alternatives |
| Dots Cleveland, OH | Sells extreme value fashion apparel and accessories for women. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to William Blair Capital Partners and Sawdust (Chicago, IL) |
| Elder-Beerman Stores Dayton, OH Bee-Gee Shoes Subsidiary Dayton, OH | Manufactures and sells shoes. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Jam Shoe Concepts (Dayton, OH) |
| Elder-Beerman Stores Dayton, OH | Operates as an independent department store chain that offers branded merchandise. | Type: Public Equity Offering Details: Lead Managed IPO |
| Elder-Beerman Stores Dayton, OH | Operates as an independent department store chain that offers branded merchandise. | Type: M&A, Acquisition Details: Acquisition of Stone & Thomas (Wheeling, WV) |
| Elder-Beerman Stores Dayton, OH | Operates as an independent department store chain that offers branded merchandise. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor to equity holders in Chapter 11 reorganization |
| Evolution Ag OH | Operates a leading chain of agricultural and power equipment dealerships, parts, and service centers throughout Ohio. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold Certain Locations to Farmers Equipment (OH) |
| Finish Line Indianapolis, IN | Sells athletic casual footwear, apparel, and accessories for men, women, and kids. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in possible acquisition |
| FTD Downer's Grove, IL | Provides floral and specialty gift products and services to consumers and retail florists. | Type: Fairness Opinion Details: Fairness Opinion |
| Jo-Ann Stores Hudson, OH | Operates as a specialty fabric and craft retailer. | Type: Debt Offering Details: Financial advisor in debt offering |
| Jo-Ann Stores Hudson, OH | Operates as a specialty fabric and craft retailer. | Type: M&A, Acquisition Details: Acquisition of House of Fabrics (Los Angeles, CA) |
| Johnson Oil Company Bloomington, IN | Owns and operates convenience stores that offer gasoline and grocery products. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Couche-Tard (Laval, Quebec, Canada) |
| OfficeMax Shaker Heights, OH | Markets and sells office supplies, furniture, and technology. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in creation of officemax.com |
| OfficeMax Shaker Heights, OH | Markets and sells office supplies, furniture, and technology. | Type: Public Equity Offering Details: Co-managed follow-on offering |
| Phantom Fireworks Youngstown, OH | Retails and distributes consumer fireworks. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Raised capital from Main Street Capital (Houston, TX) |
| Royal Appliance Glenwillow, OH | Manufactures and markets handheld and upright floor cleaners and replacement parts. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Techtronic Industries (Hong Kong, China) |
| Sandridge Foods Medina, OH | Manufactures refrigerated prepared foods for food service and retail customers. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in possible acquisition |
| Spartan Stores Grand Rapids, MI L.L./Jiroch and J.F. Walker Subsidiaries | Distributes products to convenience stores. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to H.T. Hackney (Knoxville, TN) |
| Spartan Stores Grand Rapids, MI | Distributes products to convenience stores. | Type: M&A, Acquisition Details: Acquisition of Seaway Food Town (Maumee, OH) |
| Stylin' Concepts Cleveland, OH | Distributes and sells truck accessories, SUV accessories, and performance parts. | Type: M&A, Sale Details: Sold to Riverside Company (Cleveland, OH) |
| SUPERVALU Eden Prairie, MN | Operates as a grocery retailer. | Type: Debt Offering Details: Co-managed debt offering |
| The Finish Line Indianapolis, IN | Sells athletic casual footwear, apparel, and accessories for men, women, and kids. | Type: Financial Advisory |
| Value City Furniture Columbus, OH | Designs, manufactures, sells, and delivers value-priced furniture. | Type: Fairness Opinion Details: Fairness Opinion |
| Vista Eyecare Lawrenceville, GA | Provides professional eye care services and products to correct and promote optimum visual function and ocular health. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in Chapter 11 reorganization |
| Wild Oats Markets Boulder, CO | Owns and operates natural foods supermarkets. | Type: Financial Advisory Details: Financial advisor in review of strategic alternatives |