Capstone Partners Bolsters Consumer & Retail Industry Group

Boston, MA – Capstone Partners, a leading middle market investment banking firm, announced today that it has consolidated its investment banking resources and added leadership to enhance the firm’s focus on the consumer and retail market segments. The newly constructed Consumer & Retail Group (CRG), which will be led by the firm’s founder and CEO John Ferrara, marks the latest move in the firm’s ongoing efforts to provide middle market business owners and investors top-tier investment banking solutions.

Over the past two decades, Capstone has developed a highly successful consumer products practice, transacting with some of the fastest-growing companies in the industry.  The team, which is supported by a robust research platform, delivers deep transactional expertise with focused insights to identify the sector trends, key value drivers, and compelling positioning themes. These efforts are complemented by established relationships with strategic acquirors, private equity firms, and consumer and retail focused family offices.

John Ferrara, Head of the Consumer & Retail Group, commented, “This renewed push in the consumer and retail segments is reflective of the surge in current consolidation activity in the middle market, together with our long-standing M&A credentials in the industry. We are focused on harnessing our top talent and being more aggressive in the sectors we have identified. Fundamentally, we are raising the bar internally and deploying more strategically externally.”

Capstone’s Consumer & Retail Group will be comprised of eight core senior M&A professionals. The Consumer & Retail Group, which is a national practice across several of the firm’s offices, will focus on ten primary segments, including: (1) Apparel & Footwear, (2) E-Commerce, (3) Food & Beverage, (4) Health & Wellness, (5) Home & Garden, (6) Juvenile & Toys, (7) Pet & Animal Care, (8) Recreational & Leisure, (9) Restaurants & Retail, and (10) Vehicle Aftermarket.

For More Information Contact:
Rebecca Levesque
Director of Marketing
617.619.3318
rlevesque@capstonepartners.com