Gruppo, Levey & Co.
Investment Bankers to the Direct Marketing Industry
Website: http://www.glconline.com
Phone: 212-697-5753
Gruppo, Levey & Co. (“GLC”), founded in 1992 in New York City, is a leading independent investment banking firm specializing in the direct marketing industry.
Company OverviewGLC’s clients are industry leaders in consumer and business-to-business multichannel marketing (catalog/Internet/retail). The firm also has a significant presence in consumer packaged goods and marketing services, including database, advertising agency, lettershop and customer acquisition companies, as well as media and specialty publishing.
GLC provides mergers and acquisition advisory services and serves as a trusted financial advisor to Boards, entrepreneurs, financial sponsors and family business owners where sensitivity to intra-family issues is critical to formulating and achieving financial goals. The firm also assists companies in financial restructurings and recapitalizations, provides financial advisory services for public and private capital market transactions and renders fairness opinions.
Our team is comprised of 10 knowledgeable and dedicated professionals who provide clients with broad operating, strategic and transactional experience.
Representative Transactions
- Advised Cornerstone Brands, a multichannel, multi-title retailer of consumer products, in its sale to IAC/InterActiveCorp.
- Advised Crosstown Traders, an 11-title catalog retailer of plus-sized women's apparel, food and gifts owned by JPMorgan Partners, on its sale to Charming Shoppes, Inc., a specialty retailer of plus-sized women's apparel.
- Advised National Business Furniture, a U.S. direct marketer of office furniture, in its sale to K+K America, a subsidiary of TAKKT AG, a leading B2B mail order distributor of business equipment in North America and Europe.
- Advised EMED Co., Inc. a manufacturer and multichannel direct marketer of signage and safety communications materials, on the sale of majority interest to Summit Partners.
- Advised Concepts Direct, a multi-title direct marketer of collectibles, apparel, music-related gifts and other products, on its sale to a former owner.
- Advised Alloy Inc. on the sale of its Dan’s Comp extreme sports catalog subsidiary to its management team, through XP Innovation, a newly formed entity.
- Advised Fingerhut in the development and execution of an acquisition strategy that resulted in the purchase of Arizona Mail Order, Popular Club, Bedford Fair Industries, Lew Magram and Brownstone Studios.
- Advised Wasserstein & Co.’s U.S. Equity Partners in the acquisition of Bear Creek Corporation (Harry & David and Jackson Perkins) from Yamanouchi Consumer, Inc.
- Advised Guild.com on a growth financing provided by San Francisco Equity Partners and Dolphin Equity Partners.
