by Ian Smith | Apr 23, 2019 | Acquisitions
Campbell Soup acquired Bolthouse for $1.55 billion in 2012 to enter the fresh food category and earlier this week announced it was divesting of the company for $510m to Butterfly Equity, an LA based PE group. PWC conducted a survey in 2013 of 106 executives at Fortune...
by Ian Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | Acquisitions, Exiting your business, Operational Tips
Buying Companies Most acquirers embarking on an acquisition are ill prepared to successfully buy another company and integrate it. Research consistently tells us we are weak at this common corporate tactic – buying other companies. Acquisitions are for...
by Ian Smith | Nov 20, 2017 | Acquisitions
Whether you’re buying or selling it always helps to have a little checklist by your side for those big meetings. Here is my top 20 tips: Checklist Always clarify the up to date position. e.g. when buying a company, talking to the owner – perhaps you could update...
by Ian Smith | Nov 6, 2017 | Acquisitions
In 2009 Atul Gawande authored a great little book, The Checklist Manifesto. I ingested it. Well, I’m fanatical about checklists! As the publicity around the book stated: Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors...
by Ian Smith | Jul 24, 2017 | Acquisitions
The WSJ reported this week that the $9.3 billion acquisition by Sherwin-Williams of Valspar has hit a snag. The acquirer stated that post-acquisition integration costs would be over six times more expensive than previously anticipated. Now this deal is related to two...
by Ian Smith | May 17, 2017 | Acquisitions
This week I’ve invited my friend, Jeff Lynn to comment on one of our favorite topics. Jeff is an experienced business leader with global management experience, having created and led businesses ranging from entrepreneurial startups to global workforces of 13,000...
