Record-breaking numbers of Mergers and Acquisitions were reported in 2017. In addition, last year marked the third straight year with over 50,000 M&A transactions announced worldwide. Over 500,000 M&A deals were recorded in the last eleven years, more than in any such period in recent history. This trend is expected to continue in 2018, with
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Summit Advisory Inc, a Lancaster based M&A firm, was the exclusive representative for the seller in a large pet food transaction. The attached was released today from Simmons Feed Ingredients about their acquisition of Pet Poultry Products. Summit led the transaction after researching and reaching out to hundreds of targeted potential buyers. Summit received Non-Disclosure
By Jessica Aiello, Contributing Writer Retailers are closing hundreds of stores across the country — and in Central Pennsylvania — as more purchases are made online rather than in brick-and-mortar stores. But it is not just national retailers that may be hurting and needing to sell all or pieces of their business. “Buyers buy for the
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By Jessica Sprajcar Aiello, Contributing Writer Can the mergers and acquisitions market be timed? “If anyone could predict when the best time to sell a company is,” said Ronald Myer, President of Summit Advisory Inc. in Lancaster, “there wouldn’t be fluctuations in the stock market.” Read more about what Ronald Myer and other professionals in
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Headlines Top Retirement Strategies: Small Business Owners First Half of 2016 Small Business Transactions Up Slightly Over 2015 Jobless Claims Fall 4,000 to One-Month Low of 262,000 Top Retirement Strategies: Small Business Owners As a small business owner, you are completely responsible for your own retirement planning. Unless your small business is just a side
Headlines While many deals fell through in 2016, observers expect strong 2017 Indicator of the Quarter: Construction Spending M&A Trends Report 2016, Year-End Edition Real Gross Domestic Product Increased at an Annual Rate of 3.5% in the Third Quarter of 2016 While many deals fell through in 2016, observers expect strong 2017 Two of the
Headlines Indicator of the Quarter: Consumer Price Index Record Number of Small Businesses Were Bought & Sold in America in 2016 2016 Global Private Equity Investment Activity Record Number of Small Businesses WereBought & Sold in America in 2016 Annual small business transactions reached record levels in 2016, topping 2015’s totals by 8.6 percent and
Headlines Number of Small Business Transactions Jump in Early 2017 Mid-Market Pulse: Manufacturing Deals to Skyrocket After-Tax Profits and Sales, First Quarter 2017 Number of Small Business Transactions Jump in Early 2017… While Median Revenues, Cash Flow Reach Record Levels A total of 2,368 closed transactions were reported in the first quarter of 2017, a