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Deal counts are dipping, but premium healthy brands remain resilient on the back of shifting generational priorities

Several publicly listed clothing and footwear companies have been acquired in recent months. This list features apparel brands that PitchBook’s proprietary model indicates could make logical take-private candidates.

Volatile public markets and tariff concerns sparked a recent burst of M&A activity targeting listed apparel and footwear brands.

Shareholders are offered an all-cash or mixed consideration option in the new parent company as Skechers exits the public market after nearly 30 years.

The bespoke-pet-food company The Farmer’s Dog could be the consumer VC world’s sleeper IPO pick.

Private equity firms closed an all-time high number of investments targeting roofing companies in 2024.

Jang predicts that AI will create outsized value for consumer startups.

Footwork VC is an equal partnership between Stitch Fix COO Mike Smith and Nikhil Basu Trivedi, former managing director at Shasta Ventures

Turo, founded in 2009, has stayed private now for 16 years.

As consumer preferences evolve, private equity firms target smaller food and beverage CPG deals to capture the next big trend.

As other VCs have shied away from consumer tech, Kirsten Green’s venture fund has gone all-in

For startups, equity crowdfunding has turned into a popular way to avoid getting diluted on their cap table while adding on more brand ambassadors.

Private equity firms have slowed down their shopping spree in the consumer staples sector amid macroeconomic headwinds and volatility in the financial markets.