M&A Deal Summary

CSS Industries Acquires The McCall Pattern

On December 13, 2016, CSS Industries acquired consumer products company The McCall Pattern for 14M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CSS Industries’ 3rd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is CSS Industries’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CSS Industries’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is CSS Industries’ 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-12-13
Target The McCall Pattern
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) CSS Industries
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 14M USD

Target

The McCall Pattern

New York, New York, United States
The McCall Pattern Co., Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, and sells sewing patterns under the McCall’s®, Butterick®, Kwik Sew® and Vogue Patterns® brand names. The McCall Pattern Co., Inc. was founded in 1870 and is based in New York, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CSS Industries

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Consumer Products
Revenue 382M USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

CSS Industries, Inc. is a consumer products company primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, procurement, distribution, and sale of all occasion and seasonal social expression products, principally to mass-market retailers. These all occasion and seasonal products include decorative ribbons and bows, classroom exchange Valentines, infant products, journals, buttons, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, gift card holders, gift bags, gift wrap, decorations, floral accessories, craft and educational products, Easter egg dyes and novelties, memory books, scrapbooks, stickers, stationery, and other items that commemorate life’s celebrations. CSS Industries was founded in 1923 and is based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Consumer Products) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 4
State (New York) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 5
Year (2016) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-08 LSSM

New York, New York, United States

LSSM, Inc. (Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills) is a manufacturer of ribbons, bows, ties, straps, webbing and over 500 additional woven, fabricated materials for more than 1,000 customers worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-03 Simplicity Creative Group

Antioch, Tennessee, United States

Simplicity Creative Group, Inc. is a provider of home sewing patterns, decorative trims, knitting and crocheting tools, needle arts and kids’ crafts products under the Simplicity®, Wrights®, Boye®, Dimensions®, and Perler® brand names. Simplicity’s products are sold to mass-market retailers, specialty fabric and craft chains, wholesale distributors and online customers.

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