Our travel retail expertise combined with our experience of working with Private Equity both pre and post deal makes us ideally positioned to provide due diligence advice and support.

Because our due diligence combines strategic analysis with operational insight, you will be able to make your investment decisions, secure in the knowledge that we have been there, done it and know what we are talking about.  You are not buying a standalone strategic assessment; you are buying industry rich insight with the benefit of practical operational experience.

Our due diligence includes:

• Market and competitive landscape review
• Rich retail, leisure and travel content skills and experience to support funding decisions and your acquisition strategy
• A clear understanding of what it will really require and how long it will take for an investee company to implement its plans and deliver its true potential to the bottom line
• A quantification of the profit and growth uplifts that are really available
• An assessment of the calibre of prospective members of a new management team

We recently conducted a strategic review of a retail conglomerate for a private equity consortium.  We validated the plan assumptions, provided by the incumbent management team, for delivering the customer proposition.  We assessed the trading brands (which to keep) against customer propensity to spend, needs, wants and desires.  We validated the opportunities for the introduction of further brands through concessions / franchise arrangements.  We provided a view of the likely exit strategies three - five years out.  And finally, we prepared the compelling case for a strategic partner, including the likely profile of trading improvement and value creation during the first 5 years.  The deal was approved and financed by our clients and the new management team has continued to deliver the strategy and grow the business.