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LBO Wire Reports on Sundance Catalog Acquisition

Portfolio Company News: Sundance Catalog Brentwood Associates announced today it acquired multi-channel retailer Sundance Catalog, founded by actor Robert Redford in 1989. According to LBO Wire reporter Beina Xu, the business fit right in with the firm’s investment habits. Brentwood just exited Ariat International, a niche equestrian apparel and footwear business, and has owned businesses like jewelry company Chamilia,…

Brentwood Associates Acquires Multi-channel Retailer Sundance Holdings Group

Firm News: Company Acquisition Brentwood Associates, a leading consumer-focused private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles, announced todayit has acquired a majority stake in Sundance Holdings Group, LLC (“Sundance Catalog”). Sundance Catalog, founded by Robert Redford in 1989 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a leading multi-channel direct marketer and specialty retailer of women’s…

Nation’s Restaurant News Tracks Industry’s M&A Activity

Portfolio Company News: K-Mac Holdings The foodservice industry’s biggest players shifted billions of dollars in 2011 and 2012 through mergers and acquisitions, restaurant refranchising efforts and the booking of revenue from past deals, reports Nation’s Restaurant News. This year’s study by NRN, which accounts for revenue booked during the fiscal years ending closest to December 2011, saw…

Firm Sees Busiest Month in Its History, Reports Private Equity International

Firm News Brentwood Associates has had the busiest month in the firm’s history, reports Private Equity International. The firm has sold three portfolio companies during the month of June: display advertising business Array Marketing, apparel and accessories company Filson and equestrian footwear and apparel manufacturer Ariat. Bill Barnum, partner at Brentwood, attributed the timing of the…

Ariat International to Expand Partnership with an Existing Shareholder

Portfolio Company News: Ariat International Union City, CA — Ariat International, Inc., a rapidly growing active outdoor footwear and apparel company with a leading position in the global equestrian market, today announced that an agreement has been reached regarding the sale of the Company by a group of shareholders led by LNK Partners and Brentwood Associates to…