M&A Deal Summary

Marquee Brands Acquires Destination Maternity

On December 2, 2019, Marquee Brands acquired retailer Destination Maternity for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Marquee Brands’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marquee Brands’ 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-12-02
Target Destination Maternity
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Marquee Brands
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed
Deal Value 50M USD
Advisor(s) Greenhill & Co., Inc. (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis
Landis Rath & Cobb (Legal)

Target

Destination Maternity

Moorestown, New Jersey, United States
Destination Maternity Corp. is a designer and retailer of maternity apparel. Destination Maternity Corp. operates 2,008 retail locations in the United States and Canada, including 625 stores, predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood Maternity®, A Pea in the Pod®, and Destination Maternity®, and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Marquee Brands

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Marquee Brands is a consumer-centric brand licensing platform that owns the Intellectual Property of well-recognised global brands, including Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Sur La Table, Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Dakine, Body Glove, BCBG Max Azria, BCBGeneration, Ben Sherman and Bruno Magli. Marquee Brands was founded in 2014 and is based in New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Special Situations/Distressed) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2019) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-16 Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

New York, New York, United States

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. is a diversified media and merchandising company, inspiring and engaging consumers with unique lifestyle content and distinctive products. Martha Stewart reaches approximately 100 million consumers across all media platforms each month and has a growing retail presence in thousands of retail locations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-02 America s Test Kitchen

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

America's Test Kitchen is a food and culinary media business with a mission to empower and inspire confidence, community and creativity in the kitchen. Leveraging its industry-leading testing process for recipes and kitchen equipment, ATK has produced more than 15,000 top class recipes and more than 7,500 unbiased product reviews. ATK and its diverse portfolio of brands reaches millions of consumers with award-winning content across TV, over-the-top streaming, magazines, books, podcasts and social media platforms. America's Test Kitchen was founded in 1992 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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