Latest Issue: Apparel, Accessories and Footwear Market Monitor

<p> <a href="https://www.mossadamscapital.com/publications/apparel-accessories-footwear?cm_mid=4500899&cm_crmid=82144c4e-92c4-e111-b2b4-0050569b0003&cm_medium=email" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/userfiles/image/blog/Market_Monitor_BNR_MAC_520px(1).jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 79px;" /></a>Here are some highlights of the latest Apparel, Accessories and Footwear Market Monitor published by Moss Adams Capital:</p>

Published: March 25, 2015By Tiffany Montgomery

Here are some highlights of the latest Apparel, Accessories and Footwear Market Monitor published by Moss Adams Capital:

• Middle Market M&A activity continues to thrive, growing 17% in 2014, while middle market Apparel, Accessories, and Footwear (“AAF”) transaction volume grew 29%

• Notable recent transactions include M1 Limited and L Capital Asia agreeing to acquire Pepe Jeans, Irving Place Capital’s takeover offer for American Apparel, and Youngone acquiring majority stake in

SCOTT Sports

• Diversified Large Cap and Performance AAF stocks kept pace with the S&P 500 growing 18% and 14% respectively, while Diversified Small Cap and Aspirational stocks declined

• Median sales and EBITDA of selected AAF companies are projected to grow 7% and 12% respectively, slightly higher than the S&P 500