M&A Deal Summary

1-800-Flowers.com Acquires Shari’s Berries

On August 5, 2019, 1-800-Flowers.com acquired e-commerce company Shari’s Berries from FTD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is 1-800-Flowers.com’s 4th transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is 1-800-Flowers.com’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is 1-800-Flowers.com’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-08-05
Target Shari’s Berries
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) 1-800-Flowers.com
Sellers(s) FTD
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Shari’s Berries

San Diego, California, United States
Shari’s Berries operates as an e-commerce company. Shari’s Berries is a provider of dipped berries and other specialty treats with strong brand awareness and 15-year heritage in the gourmet gift industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

1-800-Flowers.com

Jericho, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector E-Commerce
Employees4,200
Revenue 2.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

1-800-Flowers.com is a floral and gift retailer company, that provides a broad range of gift products, including flowers, plants, gourmet foods, candies, gift baskets and other unique gifts to customers around the world through the company's web site, telephone call centers and company owned or franchised stores. 1-800-Flowers was founded in 1976 and is based in Jericho, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 10
Sector (E-Commerce) 4 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 8 of 10
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-27 Personalization Universe

Carle Place, New York, United States

Personalization Universe is provider of online market place for personalized gifts and keepsakes, seasonal products, and popular brands. Personalization Universe is based in Carle Place, New York.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-18 PersonalizationMall.com

Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States

PersonalizationMall.com, Inc. is an online retailer of personalized products. It developed a fully-integrated, proprietary technology platform that drives quality, speed and efficiency throughout the process of personalizing a breadth of products to each customer's unique preference. PersonalizationMall was established in 1998 and is based in Burr Ridge, Illinois

Buy $252M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

FTD

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1910
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,333
Revenue 1.0B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to FTD's corporate headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Entrance to FTD's corporate headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois.

FTD provides floral, specialty foods, gift and related products and services to consumers, retail florists, and other retail locations and companies in need of floral and gifting solutions. FTD's portfolio of brands includes proFlowers, proplants, shari’s berries, personal creations, redEnvelope, cherry moon farms, flying flowers, flowers direct, sesame, ink cards, postagram, and Gifts.com. FTD was founded in 1910 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (E-Commerce) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2019) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-02 Personal Creations

Woodridge, Illinois, United States

Personal Creations provides kitchenware to hostess gifts, school supplies to clothing and accessories. Personal Creations is based in Woodridge, Illinois.

Sell $18M
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