Case Studies - Distribution
Era is the holding company for two retail chains (Beatties & Tecno) with approximately 100 shops and three distribution businesses (Richard Kohnstam, A S Royston and Leisuretime Products), turnover of £75m, employing 650.
The Group had incurred losses of £13.3m for ...Read
GEI was a quoted engineering and steel business with a turnover of £85m, employing 1,400 and operating in 9 countries. The management team had embarked on an expansion plan that led to substantial losses and a deficit on shareholder funds. Three of the ten banks in the ...Read
Golden Wonder was a FMCG specialising in Snacks & Crisps supplying all the major retailers. It had a turnover of £150m and 1,000 employees on 3 sites in the UK. The company was the market leader in 1994 but by 2004 had slipped to third position.
The business had ...Read
A branded sports apparel and footwear distributor / retailer formed in March 2008 with operations in EMEA, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Vietnam. The group has licences for Fila, Ocean Pacific and Starter. In the last year the group has a turnover of €120m.
The group ...Read
Lambert Howarth Group sourced footwear, accessories and homeware products for retailers from its bases in the UK, Hong Kong, China, USA, Vietnam and Spain. It was predominately a supplier into M&S. The Group had been cash rich and had in place unsecured facilities with ...Read
PNC was a quoted business that had grown by acquisition and had interests in both fixed line and mobile telecommunications. With a turnover of £65m, it employed 400 people operating from 50 retail stores and 4 other premises.
New credit lines were secured and the two ...Read
Private Equity backed £20m turnover mail order retailer of ladies apparel which operates under the brand names of Artigiano and Spirito. The company had been in trading difficulties for a couple of years and was refinanced in September 2008 and then, despite successful ...Read
Texon had once been the largest manufacturer of footwear components in the world. It had sales of $200m, a predicted EBITDA of $35m and 1,250 employees. The group comprised 57 subsidiaries and operated from 27 countries.
The Company had entered into a “Scheme of ...Read