A few years ago, two large U.S. grocery store chains merged. Parts of the combined chain were acquired by a much smaller regional grocery chain, which was declared the “winner” in the sale of locations that the combined company needed to divest to comply with a Federal Trade Commission order and...
During the past several years, many retailers have identified a few common challenges as their most difficult to navigate. The prevalence of savvy shoppers who like to view products at stores and then turn to e-commerce and m-commerce (mobile commerce) platforms to find retailers that offer the...
Retail executives have felt the impact of the new and more demanding business environment in recent years. The rising challenges of new competition, technology, consumer demographics, etc., have caused unsettling shifts few could have predicted as the new millennium began. Major disruptive trends...
Timothy G. Becker, CTP , founded Lighthouse Management Group Inc. in 1993 with Jim Bartholomew, CTP. Becker has more than 20 years of executive-level financial management experience working with distressed organizations to develop and implement pragmatic solutions. His client list includes public...
TMA Connecticut Chapter President David Weinstein, CTP, said you could hear a pin drop as more than 100 attendees listened to three former senior U.S. Army officers discuss “Adaptation and Innovation” during a seminar at the New Haven Lawn Club on the Yale University campus. The event was the third...
The Polsinelli | TrBk Healthcare Services Distress Research Index equaled its high from the previous quarter in Q3 2016 and has now reached record levels in three successive quarters. Compared to the same period one year ago, the index is up 65 points, indicating that the high level of distress in...
Alabama Jody Bacque, Hilco Global Arizona Kenneth D. Crone Warner A. Gabel IV, Gabel Investments Inc. Maxwell Rezende, First International Bank & Trust Jim Sherbert Tim Way Atlanta Robert E. Annas Seth A. Benefield, Bank of America Business Capital Michael Cain, NYX Health Jose Pablo Cervantes...
Alpesh Amin, CTP , has joined Conway MacKenzie as a managing director in the firm’s Chicago office. He focuses his efforts in the restructuring practice, helping to foster client relationships and business development opportunities. With more than 16 years of experience in corporate finance,...
Since the Great Recession, the turnaround, restructuring, and insolvency profession/industry has experienced significant disruption and change. As its membership has adopted new business tactics and strategies, so has TMA. As an organization, we needed to identify what we would be in future and not...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman of the Southern District of New York issued a bench decision on March 8, 2016, in the Chapter 11 cases of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation (Case No. 15-11835), authorizing the debtors to reject certain executory contracts between (i) Sabine and Nordheim Eagle...
