Deal Toys Deconstructed: See What a New Documentary Reveals

February 9, 2015 by David Parry

A new documentary offers an outsider’s perspective on not only the nature of deal toys, but also their unique production process Ben Thorp Brown can hardly be accused of selecting well-worn, mainstream subjects. In a career that has already...

Cross-Border Deal Toys: Going Beyond Familiar Territory

January 20, 2015 by David Parry

Cross-border deal toys don’t have to be limited to the same, familiar design themes The global economy. You may have heard about it… And if you're just coming off a deal involving multiple cultures, currencies, languages, time...

Real Estate Deal Toys: Why They’re a Lot More Than “Closing Gifts”

January 9, 2015 by David Parry

Savvy commercial real estate firms are recognizing what investment banks have long known: the branding and marketing potential of “deal toys” “Lining a windowsill in Anthony Orso’s office at Cantor Commercial Real Estate are dozens of...

7 Employee Recognition Awards That Should Make You Cringe: A Halloween Chamber Of Horrors

October 28, 2014 by David Parry

What could be more frightening than handing out the same tired, interchangeable, off-the-shelf, clichéd employee recognition awards? Maybe receiving one. Looking for creative employee recognition awards? Good luck. Because let’s face it:...

Deal Toy Ideas for Spin-Off “Mania”

October 9, 2014 by David Parry

Spin-off transactions make for interesting deal toypossibilities---as well as some pitfalls. “Hewlett-Packard, eBay, Barnes & Noble---the rash of spinoff announcements this year has been dizzying”. The CNBC report quoted here goes on to...

The Lucite That Marks The “Most Profitable Deal in History”

September 16, 2014 by David Parry

Deal toy recognizes Blackstone’s foresight, tenacity---and ultimate success---in the purchase of Hilton Hotels Blackstone’s $26 billion buyout of Hilton Hotels in 2007, a deal just pronounced the most profitable in history by Bloomberg...

“Help! The Lucites in My Order All Look Different”

March 21, 2014 by David Parry

Lucites in your deal toy order will vary. That’s just the nature of the Lucite production process; but where and how your Lucites vary is the real issue. “I’m here in our conference room with my colleagues…” Unscheduled calls...

I Screwed Up Germany’s Largest IPO

March 4, 2014 by David Parry

Mea culpa… Or, in this case, mea culpa, Terra Firma…. …and J.P. Morgan…and UBS…and most of all, to both Teléfonica Deutschland and Deutsche Annington. In a recent blog post, we—more specifically, I—mistakenly referred to the...

Twitter Adds Another Deal Toy to its Timeline

February 7, 2014 by David Parry

Custom deal toy celebrates Twitter’s November, 2013 IPO Just seven years separate these two tweets. Since Jack Dorsey sent the inaugural tweet above on March 21, 2006, among other things, Twitter has, developed a global user base of...