Consumer & Retail

Delivering solutions in M&A, Capital Raising, and Restructuring

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.

Best-in-class M&A, capital raising, restructuring, and advisory services for leading consumer and retail organizations.

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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

Notable Transactions

Advisor to Buyer

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2024

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Restaurants

Nov 2024

$900,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Senior Secured Notes

Food & Beverage

Nov 2024

$610,000,000

Joint Lead Arranger

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

Food & Beverage

Nov 2024

Advisor to Buyers

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Nov 2024

Sole Placement Agent

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

Consumer Products

Aug 2024

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer

Jul 2024

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Jun 2024

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Feb 2024

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Jan 2024

Joint Lead Arranger

Senior Secured Credit Faciltity

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2023

Advisor to Buyer

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer & Retail

Dec 2023

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer, Technology

Nov 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Oct 2023

$300,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Restaurants

Sep 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Aug 2023

C$165,000,000

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Jul 2023

$365,444,420

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Restaurants

Jun 2023

$315,000,000

Investment Banker for Checkers

Recapitalization

Restaurants

Jun 2023

$90,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer Products

May 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer

Apr 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Mar 2023

$1,220,000,000

Capital Markets Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Feb 2023

Sole Placement Agent

Senior Secured Notes

Food & Beverage

Feb 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquistions

Automotive Aftermarket

Jan 2023

Advisor to Seller

Sale of E-commerce Assets to

Consumer Products

Jan 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Dec 2022

$69,750,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Food & Beverage

Sep 2022

$1,085,600,000

Lead Financial & Capital Markets Advisor

Business Combination

Food & Beverage

Aug 2022

$550,000,000

Advisor to Seller

Has Received a Minority Investment from

Consumer Products

Aug 2022

C$7,287,000

Sole Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer & Retail

Jun 2022

$100,500,000

Fairness Opinion

Asset Sale

Cannabis

May 2022

$350,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer Products

May 2022

$1,025,000,000

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Apr 2022

C$32,343,743

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer & Retail

Mar 2022

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Mar 2022

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Feb 2022

$325,000,000

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Feb 2022

$85,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Consumer Products

Feb 2022

£30,000,000

Financial Advisor, Sponsor & Nomad

Transfer of Listing to AIM

Consumer

Feb 2022

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2021

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2021

$200,000,000

Sole Bookrunner

SPAC IPO

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2021

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer & Retail

Dec 2021

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2021

$74,250,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer Products

Oct 2021

C$17,307,500

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer & Retail

Oct 2021

$165,000,000

Left Bookrunner

SPAC Initial Public Offering

Consumer Products

Oct 2021

$250,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Consumer Products

Oct 2021

$195,801,300

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Consumer Products

Oct 2021

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Aug 2021

$424,000,000

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Consumer Products

Jul 2021

$150,000,000

Sole Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Entertainment

Jun 2021

$249,700,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on

Consumer Products

Jun 2021

C$46,004,990

Sole Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer Products

May 2021

$723,000,000

Advisor to BVH

Mergers & Acquisitions

May 2021

Advisor to The Collected Group

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Consumer Products

May 2021

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Retail

Apr 2021

£30,000,000

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Retail

Apr 2021

Advisor to Curls

Has Received a Strategy Advisory

Consumer Products

Mar 2021

$102,100,000

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Feb 2021

$300,300,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Consumer Products

Feb 2021

$262,500,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Gaming & Leisure

Jan 2021

$240,000,000

Sole Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Restaurants

Jan 2021

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2020

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Apparel, Footwear & Accessories

Dec 2020

$152,500,000

Sole Lead Arranger

Senior Secured Credit Facility

Automotive Aftermarket

Dec 2020

$2,000,000,000

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Dec 2020

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2020

$91,000,000

Advisor to Tuesday Morning Company

Restructuring

Retail

Dec 2020

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2020

Joint Bookrunner

Initial Public Offering

Cannabis

Dec 2020

$172,500,000

Joint Bookrunner

Follow-on Offering

Cannabis

Dec 2020

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Food & Beverage

Dec 2020

Director

London

Mark White

Director, Equity Capital Markets & Syndicate

Baltimore