M&A Deal Summary

Hilco Consumer Capital and Infinity Lifestyle Brands Acquire Le Tigre

On November 5, 2015, private equity firm Hilco Consumer Capital and Infinity Lifestyle Brands acquired apparel/textiles company Le Tigre from Kenneth Cole Productions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Hilco Consumer Capital’s 7th and Infinity Lifestyle Brands’ 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Hilco Consumer Capital’s 15th and Infinity Lifestyle Brands’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Hilco Consumer Capital’s 5th and Infinity Lifestyle Brands’ 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-11-05
Target Le Tigre
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) Hilco Consumer Capital
Infinity Lifestyle Brands
Sellers(s) Kenneth Cole Productions
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Le Tigre

New York, New York, United States
Le Tigre is a manufacturer and distributor of sportswear. Le Tigre was founded in 1977 and is based in New York, New York.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Hilco Consumer Capital

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Hilco Consumer Capital is a private equity firm that makes investments in North American consumer product retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and intellectual property. Hilco specifically targets businesses with strong consumer brands. The Firm prefers control investments and typically commits $25 to $100 million of equity per transaction. Hilco Consumer Capital was formed in 2006 and has offices in Toronto and Northbrook, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 17
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 7 of 8
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: New York M&A 5 of 6
Country: United States M&A 15 of 16
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-22 Haute Hippie

East Hampton, New York, United States

Haute Hippie created a lifestyle and a line of clothing that is not only innovative and sophisticated but also practical, versatile, and sensible. Haute Hippie was founded in 2008 and is based in East Hampton, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-01 StreetTrend

New York City, New York, United States

StreetTrend is a fashion footwear and street wear brand company. The company is currently designing, distributing and selling several footwear brands including P448 luxury sneakers. StreetTrend was founded in 2017 and is based in New York City, New York.

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Buyer

Infinity Lifestyle Brands

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Sector Consumer Products
DESCRIPTION

Infinity Lifestyle Brands is the Infinity Group’s consumer products and brand management platform. It is the Group’s oldest business unit, and it is built around one of Infinity’s core competencies - product merchandising and manufacturing. Lifestyle Brands specializes in the acquisition and repositioning of mismanaged, underutilized or dormant consumer brands with high awareness value.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kenneth Cole Productions

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Employees700
DESCRIPTION

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is a designer and marketer of fashion footwear, handbags, and apparel.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-13 Le Tigre

New York, New York, United States

Le Tigre is a manufacturer and distributor of sportswear. Le Tigre was founded in 1977 and is based in New York, New York.

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