Brentwood Associates Acquires Sundance Catalog, Reports WWD

Portfolio Company News: Sundance Catalog Los Angeles-based private equity firm Brentwood Associates on Monday announced it purchased a majority stake in Sundance Holdings Group, reported Women’s Wear Daily. Sundance Catalog, the company’s main business, is a multichannel direct marketer and specialty retailer with annual sales estimated at $150 million. Selling shareholders, including ACI Capital and Webster Capital,…

Private Equity Fundraising Reaches Post-Crisis High, Reports Buyouts

Featured Partner: Bill Barnum Private equity fundraising during the second quarter of 2012 was the strongest the U.S. has seen since the third quarter of 2008, Buyouts magazine recently reported. The second quarter has been historically strong for fundraising, but totals so far this year have been so strong that if year-to-date figures were to continue into…

TheWrap Reports Brentwood Associates Acquires Majority Share of Sundance Catalog

Portfolio Company News: Sundance Catalog Private equity firm Brentwood Associates has acquired a majority stake in Sundance Catalog and plans to scale the luxury retailer into an ecommerce powerhouse, reported TheWrap. The move came as Los Angeles-based Brentwood sold off stock in some of its niche brands — French equestrian shoemaker Ariat International and clothier Filson…

Brentwood Associates Buys Sundance Holdings, Reports socalTECH

Portfolio Company News: Sundance Catalog Los Angeles-based private equity firm Brentwood Associates acquired a majority stake in Sundance Holdings Group yesterday, reported socalTECH. The firm manages around $650 million in capital and specializes in consumer-focused, middle market growth firms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Brentwood said it was represented by Greenberg Traurig LLP…

Brentwood Associates Acquires Majority Stake in Sundance Catalog, Reports Multichannel Merchant

Portfolio Company News: Sundance Catalog Multichannel Merchant reported yesterday that Brentwood Associates has acquired a majority stake in Sundance Catalog, a women’s apparel and accessories, jewelry, and home furnishings seller. ACI Capital, Webster Capital and founder Robert Redford will retain minority stakes in the 23-year-old company. Eric Reiter, partner at Brentwood Associates, said growth will come from…