Consortium Brand Partners Acquire Home Décor Company Jonathan Adler

Private Equity
Written By Rick Watson

Jonathan Adler®, founded three decades ago by the eponymous designer, is known for an innovative approach to décor, furniture, table-top, decorative accessories, lighting, full-scale residential and hospitality design.

Consortium Brand Partners is a visionary growth fund manager dedicated to acquiring and amplifying high-potential brands known for great products rooted in a strong ethos and powerful story.

Consortium Brand Partners has acquired the iconic home decor, furniture, and lifestyle company Jonathan Adler through a strategic partnership with American Exchange Group. This is the third acquisition that Consortium Brand Partners has made in the last 18 months, and they have invested in Draper James and Outdoor Voices. This is an example of PE funds like Consortium Brand Partners investing in a theme or a sector to grow revenues and are constantly looking at targets.

Business Wire: Consortium Brand Partners Acquires Iconic Home Décor Company Jonathan Adler®

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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