Lake Pacific has sold Gladson Holdings to The Wicks Group
Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Lake Pacific Partners (“Lake Pacific”) has completed the sale of Gladson Holdings (“Gladson” or the “Company”) to The Wicks Group of Companies (“The Wicks Group” or “Wicks”). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Gladson is a leading provider of digital content and related services, delivering consistent, accurate and timely product data to support omnichannel initiatives. Gladson’s digital content is widely used for ecommerce, marketing and retail shelf management. The Company also provides category management, store planning and shelf edge management tools to clients. Gladson maintains a proprietary product content library with more than 1 million products and approximately 8 million images for Fortune 1000 brands, retailers and service providers.
“Lincoln’s data services knowledge, guidance and thoughtful advice were invaluable in securing a successful transaction,” said William Voss, Founder and Managing Director at Lake Pacific.
“We’re excited to have worked with Lake Pacific and the Gladson management team on this important transaction. We look forward to watching Gladson continue to develop its innovative content platform and complementary services under Wicks’ ownership,” said Scott Twibell, Managing Director and co-head of the Technology, Media & Telecom Group at Lincoln.
Lincoln acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Lake Pacific and Gladson in this transaction, working closely with Gladson’s senior management team and shareholders throughout the sale process. This included providing advisory expertise and managing the preparatory, marketing, negotiation and due diligence phases of the transaction.
About Gladson
Headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, Gladson delivers a comprehensive product content solution for manufacturers, retailers and service providers, combining the industry’s largest database of consumer product images and information with high-impact category management and store optimization services to maximize sales and operational efficiency. Gladson’s enterprise-ready digital product content fuels strategies for ecommerce, space planning, marketing, advertising, supply chain, market research, mobile applications, master data management and other critical business processes. Gladson’s product content is captured in accordance with GS1 industry standards. More information about Gladson can be obtained at www.gladson.com.
About Lake Pacific
Lake Pacific is a leading private equity firm dedicated to the food, beverage and consumer products and services industries. The firm invests in buyout, growth equity and turnaround transactions involving established businesses across the food and consumer products supply chain. Lake Pacific’s team consists of industry and private equity professionals who have extensive experience in the food and consumer packaged goods industries and have served as chairmen, CEOs, presidents and board members of dozens of companies ranging in size from $25 million to over $7 billion in sales. More information about Lake Pacific can be obtained at www.lakepacific.com.
About The Wicks Group
The Wicks Group is a private equity firm based in New York City that invests in lower mid-market companies operating in selected segments of the information, education and media industries principally in the U.S. and Canada. Since its founding in 1989, Wicks has invested over $1 billion of capital in 28 platform companies and approximately 100 add-on acquisitions. The firm partners with high-quality, experienced management teams to build businesses organically and through acquisitions. Wicks employs investment professionals who have collectively accumulated extensive investment, operating and financial knowledge both at the firm and in prior professional positions, and have demonstrated the ability to successfully acquire and aggregate businesses, strengthen management, refocus strategy, improve operations, build cash flows and realize significant returns for investors. More information about The Wicks Group can be obtained at www.wicksgroup.com.
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