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Investment Summary

The Gores Group Invests In Big Strike

On June 1, 2011, private equity firm The Gores Group invested in apparel/textiles company Big Strike

Investment Highlights
  • This is The Gores Group’s 2nd transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is The Gores Group’s 39th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Gores Group’s 4th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Big Strike was sold to a strategic buyer in 2015.
  • Big Strike was sold to a strategic buyer in 2015.

Investment Summary
Date 2011-06-01
Target Big Strike
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Investor(s) The Gores Group
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Big Strike

Gardena, California, United States
Big Strike, Inc is a designer, manufacturer and wholesaler of casual and career junior lifestyle apparel for women, marketed under the Heart Soul, Soulmates, Free to Love, Halo, Tracy Evans, Star City, and First Option brands.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

The Gores Group

Beverly Hills, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
The Gores Group's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.
The Gores Group's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses. Gores considers investments across Europe and North America and typically seeks non-core assets of public corporations. While Gores is a generalist investor, the firm has a particular interest in technology, telecommunications, business services, and industrial companies. The Gores Group was formed in 1987 and has offices in Beverly Hills, California, and Boulder, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 45 of 74
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 2 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 3 of 6
State (California) 4 of 6
Country (United States) 39 of 61
Year (2011) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-09 Sage Automotive Interiors

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc. is a provider of an automotive bodycloth, including a range of knit and woven technical textiles, to many of the world's leading automobile manufacturers. Sage has global offices and manufacturing locations in the U.S., Brazil, United Kingdom, China, Korea and Japan and has contract manufacturing relationships worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-06-14 Scovill Fasteners

Clarkesville, Georgia, United States

Scovill Fasteners, Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of apparel and light industrial fasteners. Scovill offers a full range of service and support from product design and delivery to application to various markets including Jeanswear, Infantwear, Workwear, Military, Sporting Goods and Marine. Through partnership, service and expertise, Scovill has provided customercentered solutions for over 200 years. Products and services range from highperformance buttons, zippers, snap fasteners, grommets and washers to attaching machine equipment, custom metal stamping and expert technical support. Scovill’s brand portfolio includes products that have strong recognition such as Gripper® , Duramark® and DOT® . Scovill sales teams, technicians and service specialists are located around the world.

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