Industry Trends – Tiger Group

What Asset-Based Lending Can Learn from AI in the Grocery Sector

What Asset-Based Lending Can Learn from AI in the Grocery Sector
By: Bradley W. Snyder
Date: April 5, 2023

OpenAI’s bombshell release of ChatGPT underscores two realities that ought to be top-of-mind for asset-based lenders everywhere.

The first is that artificial intelligence—essentially, machines that sift through vast quantities of data to identify patterns and tell themselves what to do—will play a bigger role in borrower health. The second is […]

By Bradley W. Snyder

Appraisals / Insights / Retail

Taking Stock of Retail’s Reversal of Fortune

Taking Stock of Retail’s Reversal of Fortune
By: Michael McGrail
Date: December 8, 2022

Those who run retail liquidations have had to continually shoot down a popular misconception over the past couple of years that “you must be incredibly busy right now.”

The mistaken assumption is based on the thinking that retail bankruptcies have exploded since COVID-19 as things were terrible during the lockdowns and now everyone shops online. […]

By Tiger Group

Appraisals / Industry Trends / Intellectual Property / Retail

The Art and Science of Loaning Against Trademarks

The Art and Science of Loaning Against Trademarks
By: Eric Gul
Date: May 16, 2022

Trademarks are one of the fastest-growing collateral categories in the ABL sector—due in no small part to the ease with which owners of properly supported brands can sell their products via multiple channels, including e-commerce, m-commerce, wholesale distribution, and retail stores. On the consumer side, younger generations are driving much of the e-commerce […]

By Eric Gul

Appraisals / Industry Trends / Retail

Tiger’s Appraisal Chief Sees Prime ABL Opportunities at Amazon FBA

Tiger’s Appraisal Chief Sees Prime ABL Opportunities at Amazon FBA
By: ABL Advisor Staff Writer
Date: May 4, 2022

Wholesale and retail inventories have always been a mainstay for lenders, but with millions of businesses now selling their wares on Amazon, what are the potential implications for the ABL sector?

ABL Advisor sat down with Ryan Davis, Managing Director of Tiger Valuation Services, to discuss some of the considerations involved in lending […]

By Delphine Thierry

Appraisals / Industrial / Industry Trends / Retail

Does the Current ‘Logistics Nightmare’ Have a Surprising Upside?

Does the Current ‘Logistics Nightmare’ Have a Surprising Upside?
By: Ryan Davis
Date: September 28, 2021

Could today’s global supply chain disruption contain some good news for asset-based lenders? That may seem like a counterintuitive question given that the current inventory crunch — supplies have dropped to levels not seen since just after the Great Recession — has led many borrowers to massively downsize their ABL lines. In […]

By Delphine Thierry

Appraisals / Industrial / Industry Trends

Audio-Visual Asset Value Rebound Highlights Sector’s Resilience

Audio-Visual Asset Value Rebound Highlights Sector’s Resilience
By: Jonathan Holiday and Jason Rae
Date: September 9, 2021

Tiger Group experts provide insights into the factors asset-based lenders should contemplate when considering lending into the professional A/V sector.

Asset values in the audio/visual (A/V) sector—everything from high-end digital cameras for movie, television and commercial productions, to specialized lighting for live events—continue to strengthen, due in part to the commencement of […]

By Jonathan Holiday

Appraisals / Industry Trends

Restaurant Rebound Tests the Limits of U.S. Food Distributors

Restaurant Rebound Tests the Limits of U.S. Food Distributors
Foodservice distributors generally adapted well to the massive disruptions triggered by the pandemic, but the sector is feeling the strain of the latest shift – the rapid return of tens of millions of Americans to in-person dining.
By: Eric Schloemer

Date: June 28, 2021

Historically, foodservice inventory and M&E have been good, stable forms of collateral, and the prospects of […]

By Eric Schloemer

Industrial / Industry Trends

Trends in Major Retail Liquidations: Potential Unintended Consequences

Trends in Major Retail Liquidations: Potential Unintended Consequences
By: Jack Rapp
Date: Sep 06, 2018 @ 07:00 AM
The Toys ‘R’ Us liquidation conducted this year was remarkable for its scale. It involved more than 800 stores and hinged on the combined efforts of Tiger Capital Group, Great American Group, Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers. However, it was noteworthy for another reason—instead of guaranteeing results through an […]

By Jack Rapp

Industrial / Industry Trends

Tiger Capital Group – Diversifying to Meet Evolving Market Demands 

Over the past several years, Tiger Capital Group has been a partner in some of the most high-profile retail liquidations and store closing sales – everything from the recent Toys ‘R’ Us and Bon-Ton GOBs to Sears Canada, Gymboree, Gander Mountain, HH Gregg, Bebe, PayLess Shoe, and Gordman’s. But there’s a great deal more to the New York-headquartered company than retail liquidations and appraisals.

In a […]

By Michael McGrail

Industry Trends / Retail

Retail Bankruptcies – Will the Shakeout Persist?

By: Michael McGrail

With 21 major retailers filing for bankruptcy protection, 2017 went down as the busiest year for filings since The Great Recession. Working alone or with partners, our firm ran liquidation sales for Gander Mountain, Gordmans, RadioShack, MC Sports, Vanity, Sears Canada and hhgregg, to name a few. We also entered into multiple private deals involving undisclosed retailers, virtually all of which were household […]

By Michael McGrail