Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL): Resiliency, Innovation Attract in Consumer Markets
The BGL Consumer Products & Retail Insider research report, accessed HERE, discusses key trends and issues affecting the Consumer Products and Retail industry, with a spotlight on Pet and Facility Management, as well as mergers and acquisitions activity, private equity investments, and the recent performance of publicly-traded companies.
CHICAGO and CLEVELAND and PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer spending is gaining in spite of wavering confidence. Sentiment inched higher in early August ending three consecutive months of declines as economic and political uncertainty weighed on consumer confidence. Growing personal wealth and low interest rates are expected to support continued growth in consumption and bolster retail sales.
The August 2016 edition of the Consumer Products & Retail Insider, an industry report that can be downloaded HERE, released by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) examines developing trends in the Pet and Facility Management industries, sectors that are exhibiting above market growth due to their countercyclical demand and use of disruptive technology.
Pet Industry Highlights include:
- The ongoing humanization/premiumization movement is feeding a thriving $77 billion pet industry in the U.S., with increased consumer spending on premium products and services expected to propel revenue to nearly $100 billion by 2020. Companies are cashing in on the ever-growing human-animal bond as pet health and well-being take center stage. Investors have exhibited an almost insatiable appetite for the sector evidenced by accelerating transaction activity across the value chain: in Retail, PETCO (CVC Capital Partners and CPPIB) and Pet Supermarket/Pet Valu merger (Roark Capital); in Pet Food, BrightPet Nutrition Group (Graham Partners); and in Pet Supplies, Hyper Pet (Guardian Capital Partners).
Facility Management Industry Highlights include:
- Increased outsourcing, a continued shift toward service integration, and the advancement of technology-enabled platforms are driving growth in facility management, a $780 billion global market that is projected to reach $945 billion by 2025. Fragmentation will force consolidation as participants look to acquire technology and service capabilities to build scale and enhance their customer value proposition. Recent investment activity exemplifies the move toward technology integration, including SMS Assist, which raised $150 million in Series D funding from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in June, and Vixxo, backed by Wind River Holdings, formed through the merger of First Service Networks and FM Facility Maintenance in March.
About Brown Gibbons Lang & Company
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company is a leading independent investment bank serving the middle market. BGL specializes in mergers and acquisitions advisory services, debt and equity placements, financial restructuring advice, and valuations and fairness opinions, with global industry teams in Business Services, Consumer, Environmental & Industrial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Industrials, and Real Estate. BGL has offices in Chicago, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, and real estate offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Irvine, and San Antonio, in addition to Global M&A partner offices in more than 50 countries across 5 continents. BGL is able to deliver to our clients unparalleled access to strategic relationships, investors, and opportunities globally. For more information, please visit www.bglco.com.
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