Lakewood Organics (“Lakewood”), based in Miami, FL, is an independent family juice company bottling a diverse line of pure organic and premium fruit juice products. Founded in 1935, Lakewood takes great pride in being a responsible steward of the Lakewood brand and holds true to its mission to provide the best quality juices to its customers.
If a disaster or other unexpected event were to strike your business, would you be prepared, and would your brand be protected?
April is Stress Awareness Month, and that’s probably a good thing for your business. According to the American Psychological Association’s 2017 Stress in America survey of 3,440 U.S. adults, employee stress is pervasive. Sixty-one percent of Americans are stressed about work.
To say that the American mall is dead is a gross exaggeration. While many shopping centers across the country are struggling, so-called Class A mall real estate, typically in densely populated major metropolitan areas with attractive demographics and innovative concepts, is doing well and piquing investor interest.
If you watch or read the news, you’ve noticed more references to potential inflation on the horizon. Inflation means the purchasing power of a dollar has decreased; put simply, there is a general increase in prices for goods and services.
With the Fed set to raise rates for the first time this year, expect financials, technology and home improvement suppliers to benefit. Home builders and utility players, on the other hand, could lose from the Fed’s rate decision.
Timing a Fed rate hike is no doubt tricky. But if you ask the market participants, they are almost certain that Jerome Powell led Federal Reserve will increase its benchmark rate by 0.25%, at the conclusion of the FOMC meeting on Mar 21.
More private-equity firms are sprouting up in Florida as sponsors branch out on their own.
Should we make long-term plans based on the notion that the tax cuts are permanent? Although the personal tax cuts have an expiration date, currently the corporate cuts are permanent.
Cassel Salpeter & Co., a middle-market investment banking firm providing financial advisory services, represented Systems 2000, Inc. (“Sys2k”) in its sale to Serent Capital. The acquisition will enable Serent Capital to broaden its portfolio of system-of-record software businesses and automobile technology investments.
