Consumer & Retail
Stifel Consumer & Retail Group
Advisory and capital-raising services for leading public and private companies across all key consumer verticals.
The Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group provides a range of advisory and capital-raising services to leading public and private companies (Financial Sponsor and closely held) and Board of Director advisory services across all key consumer verticals. The Consumer & Retail Group offers its domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and other financial advisory services, including fairness opinions.
Areas of Expertise
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories
Stifel provides full-service investment banking for apparel, footwear, and accessories brands and retailers, including those in the luxury, lifestyle, sports and technical, and jewelry markets. Through deep industry relationships and years of experience, Stifel is able to offer creative solutions and sound advice to companies at every stage of growth.
Automotive Aftermarket
Stifel works with companies at every point of the automotive aftermarket supply chain, including repair and maintenance, collision services, tires, enthusiast products, car wash, dealerships, and technology. Extensive sector experience and intimate industry knowledge enable Stifel bankers to provide consistently sound advice and solutions for public offerings, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and more.
Cannabis
Stifel’s Cannabis investment banking group is a leading franchise in the sector. We are active across cannabis ancillary verticals and transaction types, including public equity, SPACs, M&A, and other advisory and capital markets assignments. Stifel’s Cannabis team advises companies globally – from the U.S. to Europe, Canada, and Latin America. We have deep connectivity across every cannabis category and are part of the conversation with virtually all leading industry participants. Cannabis is among the fastest-growing industries and the Stifel Cannabis group is an experienced partner with a proven track record of success.
Consumer Products
The Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group works with companies that distribute a range of hardgood products, including: household and kitchen products, pet and garden, outdoor recreation, audio and instruments, toys and juvenile, health and wellness, and home furnishing products. Our track record of success in assisting ownership and management of Consumer Products businesses across a diverse size range is based on a senior, hands-on approach, that is tailored to each situation.
Entertainment
Stifel’s Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group offers full-service investment banking solutions to leading public and private companies in the entertainment sector, including those in sports, leisure, experiential, eSports gaming, and travel. Stifel offers both domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and more.
Food & Beverage
The Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group serves as a trusted advisor for domestic and international companies at every stage of growth in the Food & Beverage sector, including those in agribusiness, baking, beverages, coffee & tea, distribution, dairy, food safety, foodservice, grains & milling, grocery & other retail, ingredients & flavors, produce, protein producers, seafood & aquaculture, other food products, and snacks & confectionary.
Household & Personal Care
The Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group works with numerous organizations in the household, beauty and personal care sector, including those in haircare, skincare, color cosmetics, OTC, health and wellness and household consumables (HPC). Stifel offers both domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital raises, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and more. With deep expertise and a track record of success in the HPC sector, Stifel is the partner of choice for mid-sized HPC organizations.
Restaurants
From quick service and fast casual restaurants to upscale and fine dining establishments, Stifel’s Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group is a trusted partner and advisor to restaurants of every type. With deep industry relationships and proven expertise, Stifel is an invaluable partner to restaurants at every stage of growth.
Retail
The Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group provides a range of advisory and capital-raising services to leading public and private retail companies in the following subsectors: Specialty, E-Commerce, Marketplaces, Broadlines, Hardlines, Softlines. Stifel offers both domestic and international clients advice and execution on public offerings, private capital, leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, and more.
Tobacco
Stifel’s Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group has extensive experience working with companies in both the traditional tobacco and next-generation tobacco spaces. In such a rapidly evolving market, a trusted partner like Stifel is invaluable for smooth and fair mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and more.
Best-in-class M&A, capital raising, restructuring, and advisory services for leading consumer and retail organizations.
Get in touch with StifelNotable Transactions
Advisor to Seller
Restaurants | November 2024
$ 900,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Food & Beverage | November 2024
$ 610,000,000
Joint Lead Arranger
Food & Beverage | November 2024
Advisor to Buyers
Food & Beverage | November 2024
Sole Placement Agent
Consumer Products | August 2024
Advisor to Seller
Consumer | July 2024
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | June 2024
Financial Advisor
Food & Beverage | February 2024
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | January 2024
Joint Lead Arranger
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2023
Advisor to Buyer
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer & Retail | December 2023
Financial Advisor
Consumer, Technology | November 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | October 2023
$ 300,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Restaurants | September 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | August 2023
C$ 165,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | July 2023
$ 365,444,420
Joint Bookrunner
Restaurants | June 2023
$ 315,000,000
Investment Banker for Checkers
Restaurants | June 2023
$ 90,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | May 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer | April 2023
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | March 2023
$ 1,220,000,000
Capital Markets Advisor
Food & Beverage | February 2023
Sole Placement Agent
Food & Beverage | February 2023
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | January 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | January 2023
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | December 2022
$ 69,750,000
Joint Bookrunner
Food & Beverage | September 2022
$ 1,085,600,000
Lead Financial & Capital Markets Advisor
Food & Beverage | August 2022
$ 550,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | August 2022
C$ 7,287,000
Sole Bookrunner
Consumer & Retail | June 2022
$ 100,500,000
Fairness Opinion
Cannabis | May 2022
$ 350,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | May 2022
$ 1,025,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | April 2022
C$ 32,343,743
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer & Retail | March 2022
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | March 2022
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | February 2022
$ 325,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | February 2022
$ 85,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | February 2022
£ 30,000,000
Financial Advisor, Sponsor & Nomad
Consumer | February 2022
Advisor to Seller
Food & Beverage | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Food & Beverage | December 2021
$ 200,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Consumer & Retail | December 2021
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2021
$ 74,250,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | October 2021
C$ 17,307,500
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer & Retail | October 2021
$ 165,000,000
Left Bookrunner
Consumer Products | October 2021
$ 250,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | October 2021
$ 195,801,300
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | October 2021
Advisor to Seller
Automotive Aftermarket | August 2021
$ 424,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | July 2021
$ 150,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Entertainment | June 2021
$ 249,700,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | June 2021
C$ 46,004,990
Sole Bookrunner
Consumer Products | May 2021
$ 723,000,000
Advisor to BVH
Consumer & Retail | May 2021
Advisor to The Collected Group
Consumer Products | May 2021
Advisor to Seller
Retail | April 2021
£ 30,000,000
Advisor to Seller
Retail | April 2021
Advisor to Curls
Consumer Products | March 2021
$ 102,100,000
Advisor to Seller
Consumer Products | February 2021
$ 300,300,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | February 2021
$ 262,500,000
Joint Bookrunner
Gaming & Leisure | January 2021
$ 240,000,000
Sole Bookrunner
Restaurants | January 2021
Financial Advisor
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories | December 2020
$ 152,500,000
Sole Lead Arranger
Automotive Aftermarket | December 2020
$ 2,000,000,000
Financial Advisor
Consumer Products | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Food & Beverage | December 2020
$ 91,000,000
Advisor to Tuesday Morning Company
Retail | December 2020
Financial Advisor
Food & Beverage | December 2020
Joint Bookrunner
Cannabis | December 2020
$ 172,500,000
Joint Bookrunner
Cannabis | December 2020
Advisor to Seller
Food & Beverage | December 2020
Financial Advisor
Food & Beverage | December 2020
C$ 30,000,000
Financial Advisor
Cannabis | December 2020
$ 100,000,000
Investment Banker for Corner Bakery
Restaurants | November 2020
$ 32,000,000
Sole Placement Agent
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories | November 2020
$ 151,250,000
Joint Bookrunner
Food & Beverage | November 2020
$ 250,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Consumer Products | September 2020
$ 238,000,000
Joint Bookrunner
Entertainment | September 2020
Advisor to Seller
Household & Personal Care | September 2020
$ 33,000,000
Sole Placement Agent
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories | September 2020
$ 204,700,000
Joint Bookrunner
Food & Beverage | July 2020
Financial Advisor
Consumer Products | July 2020
Co-Lead Manager
Cannabis | June 2020
$ 40,000,000
Financial Advisor
Consumer Products | May 2020
Financial Advisor
Food & Beverage | February 2020
Advisor to Seller
Apparel, Footwear & Accessories | February 2020
Co-Advisor
Entertainment | December 2016