M&A Deal Summary

EnsembleIQ Acquires Edgell Communications

On February 17, 2016, EnsembleIQ acquired publishing company Edgell Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EnsembleIQ’s 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is EnsembleIQ’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is EnsembleIQ’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-02-17
Target Edgell Communications
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) EnsembleIQ
Deal Type Merger
Advisor(s) The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) (Financial)

Target

Edgell Communications

Randolph, New Jersey, United States
Edgell brands focus on vertical markets in the U.S. include Progressive Grocer, Convenience Store News, Hospitality Technology, MURTEC conference, The Gourmet Retailer, and Apparel. Horizontally focused brands serving all retail markets include RIS News, Consumer Goods Technology, Retail Leader, Store Brands, Multicultural Retail 360 Summit, and Carbonview Research.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EnsembleIQ

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

EnsembleIQ is a business intelligence resource company involved in helping people and their organizations succeed. They empower retailers, consumer goods manufacturers, technology vendors, marketing agencies and a vast ecosystem of service providers by leveraging an integrated network of media and information resources that inform, connect and provide actionable marketplace intelligence. Stagnito Business Information, Edgell Communications and the Path to Purchase Institute have joined forces to form EnsembleIQ. EnsembleIQ was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 2
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2016) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-17 Stagnito Business Information

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Stagnito Business Information provides predictive analysis for retailers, retail suppliers, and technology vendors through custom and syndicated research, data, media, and events. Customers have access to business intelligence throughout the retail product life-cycle.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-28 Lebhar Friedman - Media Digital & Event Assets

New York, New York, United States

Lebhar Friedman, Inc. - Media, Digital & Event Assets includes Drug Store News, Chain Store Age and Hardware and Building Supply dealer. Business also includes Chain Store Age’s SPECS and X/SPECS, two strategic events focused on physical retail that bring together the nation’s top retailers and suppliers to learn, share ideas, develop business partnerships and solve problems.

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