Target Report Interview—Conversation with Jim Barker, Former Owner of Richardson Communications Group

 

Rod Bristol talks with Jim Barker, the former owner of Richardson Communications Group, who merged his company with Kingston Printing. Jim talks about selling his business right in the middle of the worst part of the COVID-19 crisis.

Target Report Interview—The Target Report Annual Recap 2020

Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors looks back at M&A activity in 2020 by segment and identifies some long-term trends, which segments have experienced more or less deal activity, the rationale behind acquisition activity, and the impact that the COVID crisis had on this year’s M&A activity.

 

Rod Bristol talks with Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors about how M&A activity is not as high as it was pre-COVID, but there is still a steady drumbeat of activity and buyers are not veering off the strategic path they had been on.

The Target Report Interview—Donuts Lead the Way in Return to Normalcy

 

Rod Bristol talks with Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors about how buyers are back in the market: after a lull, new transactions are underway. Packaging acquisitions, specifically food packaging, have led the way.

The Target Report Interview - Regional Print Consolidator Builds Diverse Offerings

Rod Bristol talks with Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors about Graphic Village's acquisition of DMS Ink, a transaction that is representative of the “regional roll-up” trend that has been developing in the industry for the past couple of years.

The Target Report Interview—Alphabet Soup of Trade Association Mergers

Rod Bristol talks with Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors about consolidation among printing industry trade associations, culminating in the recent merger of PIA and SGIA, and with John E. Hyde of Graphic Arts Advisors about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the state of industry M&As.

The Target Report Interview - The Lull Before the Tempest

Mark Hahn of Graphic Arts Advisors is interviewed by Rod Bristol about current industry M&A trends in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown.