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Consumer Team
Woodbridge has completed numerous transactions on behalf of clients involved in a variety of consumer products and retail businesses. Robert Koenig, Woodbridge's president, has closed many deals in the consumer products and retail industries, in addition to running his own distributorship prior to founding Woodbridge.
Robert M. Koenig
Woodbridge President and Consumer Group Director
Meet Robert Koenig 
Robert Koenig founded Woodbridge in 1993 after having grown Koenig Corporation, an art supply retail distribution and manufacturing company, from $5 million to $100 million in sales. Since leading Woodbridge, Robert has brought dozens of consumer products transactions to completion - selling Woodbridge client-companies to other privately held entities, private equity firms or to public companies. His decades of experience managing consumer products deals has resulted in Woodbridge clients receiving hundreds of millions of dollars for their companies. Some of the deals Robert completed include the sale of niche manufacturers such as Smethport Manufacturing and K&H Products, specialty retailers such as Eldred Wheeler and Wise Woman Herbals, multi-store retailers such as The Ski Barn, as well as a variety of consumer product distributors. Robert has also worked successfully on behalf of strategic buyers seeking to make acquisitions in the consumer products and retail industry. |
Other Woodbridge dealmakers with expertise in the consumer products sector are Don Krier, John Sipala, James Locke, Keith Dee and Mike Muzzy.
Woodbridge dealmakers have closed deals in the following consumer-related industries:
- Party goods
- Recreational equipment chain
- Holistic herbs and vitamins
- Commercial bakery
- Head protection and eyewear
- Recreational products for specialty retailers
- Health care devices
- Cosmetics
- Recreational safety products
- Jewelry
- Gifts and specialty products
- High-end cases for audio-video equipment
- Antique reproduction furnishings sold via retail chain
- Toys and games
According to CapitalIQ, a leading investment banking database, 3,516 Consumer Products and Retail M&A transactions were completed worldwide in 2011.
The U.S. retail industry includes about 1 million outlets with combined annual revenue of $4 trillion. Retail sales, and especially e-tailer sales, are posting healthier results this year as compared with the past few years. Companies with unique niches or creative merchandising strategies are advancing ahead of the typical recovery curve.
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