Lucite tombstone marking the acquisition by Hong Kong-based Li & Fung of Lornamead. Lornamead owned and marketed personal care brands in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The designs below play off a number of deals and events, including ones involving packaged goods, online marketing, consumer credit, digital payments, brick & mortar stores, and product launches.
Lucite tombstone marking the acquisition by Hong Kong-based Li & Fung of Lornamead. Lornamead owned and marketed personal care brands in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Resin and Lucite dealtoy recognizing the acquisition by Montreal-based Gildan Activewear of Goldtoe Moretz, a supplier of athletic, casual, and dress socks. Gildan was advised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Custom deal toy celebrating a strategic alliance between Wisconsin-based Kohl’s and Capital One, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Kohl’s was advised by Greehill & Co., an investment banking firm headquartered in New York.
Custom Lucite commemorating the restructuring of Interstate Bakeries Corp., based in Kansas City.
Lucite dealtoy for transaction involving Groupe Casino, a retailer headquartered in Saint-Etienne, France, and advised by Messier Maris, based in Paris.
Financial tombstone celebrating the successful re-organization of Orchard Brands, an apparel marketer based in Beverly, Massachusetts. Orchard Brands was advised by Kirkland & Ellis (headquartered in Chicago), Alvarez & Marsal (New York), and Moelis & Company (New York).
Wood deal toy marking the sale of Burt’s Bees, a provider of natural skin care products based in Durham, North Carolina, by AEA Investors (New York) to Clorox (headquartered in Oakland, California). Goldman Sachs (New York) served as the advisor to AEA.
Custom Lucite commemorating loans to support a refinancing of KIK Custom Products, a bleach manufacturer based in Ontario, Canada. Credit Suisse (New York) led the transaction.
Lucite deal toy for the recapitalization of Quickie Manufacturing Company, based in New Jersey, a provider of household products. Sewaya Segalas, based in New York City, was the exclusive financial advisor to Quickie.
Beginning on this page, you’ll find galleries featuring over 100 images of deal toys and financial tombstones from the consumer and retail sectors. As you might expect, a number of these tombstone designs play off visuals commonly associated with the space. These include, for instance, credit cards, product replicas of consumer goods, store awnings, retail signs, product displays, shopping bags, and price tags.
You’ll also encounter a number of highly recognizable companies and players in the transactions commemorated here. They encompass both brick-and-mortar and online operations, and include brands such as Visa, Metro, Staples, Selfridges, BUT, PayPal, David Jones, Tiffany, Kohl’s, Alibaba, eBay, Rakuten, and FEMSA.
But you’ll also find a number of deals involving far less familiar participants. These include the acquisition of an airline loyalty program, an investment in a consumer behavior analytics firm, the successful emergence of a retailer from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the acquisition of a Swedish e-commerce company, and of a New York-based airline shopping data provider, as well as the debt refinancing of a German supplier of cosmetics packaging.
Finally, you’ll see events and achievements commemorated here that don’t involve a financial transaction. These include, for instance, a custom award honoring merchandising excellence, and another designed for retailer Home Depot.
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