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The Lawn & Garden Performance Group, LLC gives companies the management and sales and marketing assistance they need to be competitive in the lawn and garden industry. Most new products fail because the product marketers didn't know about, or didn't pay attention to, the idiosyncrasies and pathways to marketing lawn and garden products. The Lawn & Garden Performance Group LLC, provides manufacturers with the tools it takes to successfully navigate the lawn and garden industry.
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2012 National Lawn & Garden Show
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Garden Art & Statuary—Direct Importer
Regional DistributionExecutive Summary
This ten year old company is regionally based with a national customer base. The Company is a direct importer of garden art and statuary with regional warehousing and delivery capabilities. With no formal sales and marketing department, the owner has built the company by offering a unique product set combined with outstanding customer service to over 800 independent lawn and garden retailers. Its current facilities have the capacity to triple sales with little additional capital required.
Financial History
With the economy on the rebound, the Lawn & Garden industry is once again experiencing growth at the retail level. This company has grown organically from its inception using no debt and has experienced an increase in sales every year, with the exception of 2009. With sales in excess of $2,500,000 and a gross margin of better than 50 percent, the company has an EBITDA for 2011 of $670,000
Opportunity
The Company has identified six growth opportunities that a new owner with additional capital or existing synergistic capabilities could immediately take advantage of. Leveraging the company’ slow operating overhead, geographic location, delivery capabilities, and market reputation makes it an ideal acquisition for a company desiring growth or diversification as a prime expansion opportunityYear
Revenues
EBITDA
2011
$2,545,000
$674,262
2010
$2,121,000
$234,737
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Direct Importer
Looking to Acquire Lawn & Garden CompanyOpportunity - Acquisition Profile
This privately held company is actively seeking growth through acquisitions, mergers and or strategic alliances within the lawn and garden industry. Acquisition profile:
Looking for companies with revenue between $1,000,000 to $10,000,000
Regional or national distribution
Direct Importer or product that can be produced off shore
Product categories may include but are not limited to, Fountains, Birding, Feeders, Bird Feed, Unique Bird Houses, Novelty Garden Art, Children's Gardening Kits, Door Mats, Solar Lighting, Garden Accents, Garden Art, Outdoor Living, Water Gardening and Wind Chimes.
Our client is a direct importer with offices in the United States and Asia. With substantial sales through the big boxes and mass merchants their core competencies include:
National Distribution in multiple channels
Logistics
Resourcing
Product Development & Design
Quality Control
Customer Service
For more information contact
Rick Pontz at rick@LGPG.com or call (480) 840-6023
Brent Freeman at brent@LGPG.com or call (503) 992-1216
Or visit our web site at www.lgpg.com
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