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Evanston Partners Acquires Rainbo Sports & Skating

On March 1, 2014, private equity firm Evanston Partners acquired e-commerce company Rainbo Sports & Skating

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Evanston Partners’ 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Evanston Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Evanston Partners’ 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-03-01
Target Rainbo Sports & Skating
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) Evanston Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Rainbo Sports & Skating

Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Rainbo Sports is a figure skating catalog retailer in the US. From beginners to champions, Rainbo is committed to enhance their performance and support their lifestyle through unparalleled knowledge and experience, convenient and exceptional service and a full range of figure skates, apparel, equipment and supplies for girls, women, boys and men. Today the company operates as an online webstore (www.ShopRainbo.com), local figure skating shop and mobile figure skating service specialist. The company also produces a line of branded figure skating tights, socks and practice wear under the Rainbo and Sporture brands.

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Evanston Partners

Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Evanston Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in low middle-market companies with at least $500K in EBITDA and $5 to $20 million of revenue. Sectors of interest include food, food related manufacturing and distribution, transportation, logistics, packaging, niche consumer products, and consumer services. Evanston Partners is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.

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Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 6
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 1 of 8
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
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