

Specialty Products Take Center Stage – November 2022 M&A Activity
SOURCE - The Target Report The trend toward specialization in the broadly-defined graphic communication industries is clearly evidenced by recent M&A transactions. Fewer companies are trading hands that would be considered general commercial printing companies, with a commensurate increase in deals that involve a specialized print-centric activity or product. As we noted in the latest Target Report Annual Review, the number of announced transactions in the commercial printing


Marketing in the Time of Covid - A Restructuring Novella
SOURCE - The Hyde Opinion Times were good before anyone ever heard of Covid-19. Our client, a Harvard-educated CEO, had raised a tidy sum of venture capital from investors in technology companies. Marketing automation technology was all the rage, and the bet was on building a better mousetrap, with a high-multiple business valuation on the short-term horizon. Covid changed everything. Focused on the entertainment and events industry, the company started racking up losses in t