Susan Roddy Discusses Unilever’s Acquisition of SmartyPants With The Deal

Susan Roddy, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer, Food & Retail Group, served as financial advisor to SmartyPants in the Unilever acquisition. Roddy discusses the positive effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the health and wellness industry and how this has helped the segment’s deal activity remain strong in 2020. “The sector will see continued appetite for acquisitions, not just from consumer and packaged goods companies such as Unilever, but also the consumer-health divisions of large pharmaceutical companies,” she stated.

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