Jim Tierney

Spiegel Brands Acquires Carabella, A.B. Lambdin

| Jim Tierney

San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital Corp. has made no secret about its intention of building a billion-dollar family of apparel companies. On Sept. 6 it appeared to have reached its goal.

Equity group buys Excelligence

| Jim Tierney

On the heels of a successful 2005, Excelligence Learning Corp. is being acquired by an affiliate of Thoma Cressey Equity Partners for $125 million. The

Deals on upswing in second quarter

| Jim Tierney

It was a busy second quarter, with 19 deals completed, significantly more than the dozen finalized during the same period last year. Because the transactions

Yankee Candle buys, and maybe sells

| Jim Tierney

The same day that Yankee Candle Co., announced it was acquiring Petaluma, CA-based competitor Illuminations, the South Deerfield, MA-based candles manufacturer/marketer

Best Manufacturing Group files for Chapter 11

| Jim Tierney

Jersey City, NJ-based Best Manufacturing Group, a uniform company founded in 1914, announced this week it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for New Jersey in Newark.