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Advisors working in the Lower Middle Market ($2MM+) indicated that sellers have the advantage in the lower middle market than buyers.  Advisors indicated that buyers have an advantage Main Street Businesses selling for less than $1MM (80% in <$500k and 71% for businesses selling in the $500k to $1MM) Source:… Read More »Business Sales: Seller Market Sentiment Stronger Rebound for Lower Middle Market than Main Street Businesses

According to the Market Pulse Q1-4 surveys, almost half of Business owners who sold their business in 2020 cited retirement as the main reason for selling with 16%.  However, this varied greatly across the sectors (check out next week’s Acumen as actual reasons vary for business owners who sold for… Read More »Reasons Owners of Sold Businesses in 2020 Decided to Sell their Business in 2020

In Q4 2020, the CEO Confidence Index reached 88.0, rebounding more than 20 points from the low of 65.5 recorded in Q2 2020.  ….According to the report, … “CEOs of small and midsize businesses, the immediate outlook is grim, but their expectations for future growth burn bright.”  Source: Q4 2020… Read More »Q4 2020 Vistage CEO Confidence Index

“The next industrial revolution will see increasing technological convergence as connectivity technologies are gradually integrated into mechanical products. For example, while the importance of connectivity modules in cars may currently be small, experts believe that the connected vehicles of the future will shift consumer focus from the automobile itself to… Read More »Who Is Leading the 5G Patent Race?

14% of Retail Sales is Online Since 2000, online retail sales have been increasing exponentially…from <1% to 14%… Source: https://www.statista.com/chart/14011/e-commerce-share-of-total-retail-sales/…… #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #Retail #USCensusBureau