High-Quality Collateral at Amazon FBA Represents a Strong Growth Opportunity for Asset-Based Lenders, Advises Tiger Group Managing Director

High-Quality Collateral at Amazon FBA Represents a Strong Growth Opportunity for Asset-Based Lenders, Advises Tiger Group Managing Director
In Q&A with ABL Advisor, appraisal chief Ryan Davis dispels several misconceptions about the risks of loans to FBA sellers, but also stresses industrywide need for more data-driven valuations

BOSTON, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) could be the next frontier for asset-based lenders seeking to grow their portfolios—but they […]

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Ana Leon Recognized in ABFJ’s ‘2022 Top Women in Asset-Based Lending’

Ana Leon Recognized in ABFJ’s ‘2022 Top Women in Asset-Based Lending’
In an era in which hopping from job to job is common, Ana Leon is a throwback to an earlier age. For more than 40 years, she has worked for some version of the same company, joining the Nassi Group in the early 1980s and staying on through its transformation into Tiger Capital Group.

When Leon […]

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Eric Gul Joins Tiger Group as Managing Director 

Eric Gul Joins Tiger Group as Managing Director
Veteran IP, licensing and M&A specialist brings extensive insights into the valuation of consumer-facing brands; previously served in executive roles at Sequential Brands, Global Brands Group, Kids Headquarters, and Tommy Hilfiger 

NEW YORK (3/09/22)—Brand executive and corporate counsel Eric Gul has joined Tiger Group as a Managing Director. Most recently General Counsel at Sequential Brands Group, Inc., Gul brings […]

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Tiger Finance Provides $13.75MM Credit Facility to Laney Directional Drilling

Tiger Finance Provides $13.75MM Credit Facility to Laney Directional Drilling
Tiger Finance closed on a $13.75 million term loan for Waller, Texas-based Laney Directional Drilling—a full-service trenchless construction and engineering firm known for its highly complex drilling operations on major infrastructure projects.

The transaction, which closed on December 27, comes at a time of increased demand for Laney’s specialized services, said David Kennedy, Senior Associate, Tiger Finance. “After […]

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Tiger Finance Provides $8.2MM Credit Facility to Outdoor Adventure Brands

Tiger Finance Provides $8.2MM Credit Facility to Outdoor Adventure Brands
Tiger Finance closed on $8.2 million in growth financing for Outdoor Adventure Brands (OAB)—an ecommerce and retail company known for its Austin Canoe & Kayak stores in Texas and Summit Sports locations in Michigan.

Private-equity sponsor Digital Fuel Capital, an ecommerce-focused investment firm, is an investor in the specialty sporting goods retail company.

“Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Outdoor […]

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

Does the Current ‘Logistics Nightmare’ Have a Surprising Upside?
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 addition, many of these companies […]

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Francesca’s CEO Shares Brand’s Post-Pandemic Turnaround

Francesca’s CEO Shares Brand’s Post-Pandemic Turnaround
The COVID-19 pandemic forced retailers to survive amid a wave of challenges, including losing their physical footprints for an extended period. And that meant companies either innovated and pivoted or faced even bigger troubles.
By Amy Baxter

For those retailers who were already facing struggles, such as clothing company Francesca’s—which reported two years of losses prior to the pandemic—2020 represented a huge […]

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Gail Glave Named to the 2021 Top Women in ABL Strategic Advisors

 

ABF Journal’s 2021 Top Women in Asset-Based Lending Profile Spotlight

GAIL GLAVE
Managing Director, Field Financial Operations
Tiger Capital Group
Gail Glave believes in the power of being trustworthy and if there’s one thing that is always honest, it’s data. Perhaps that’s why Glave, a managing director of field financial operations at Tiger Capital Group, is so skilled at not only gathering data but breaking it down to glean important […]

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Stiffed Vendors Get Tough With U.S. Retailers After Big Losses

Stiffed Vendors Get Tough With U.S. Retailers After Big Losses
(Bloomberg) — As U.S. retailers celebrate a boom lifting one of the pandemic’s hardest-hit sectors, scars left by a year of bankruptcies and delayed vendor payments could threaten to undermine their recovery — just as the crucial back-to-school shopping season begins.

After watching their receivables mount last year, vendors of apparel and other goods demanded change. In […]

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Tiger Capital’s Gail Glave on the Art of Liquidations

Tiger Capital’s Gail Glave on the Art of Liquidations
Beyond just putting up signs and accelerating markdowns, liquidations require analysis, a merchant’s perspective and store operations know-how.
By David Moin on March 23, 2021

The Tiger Capital Group is in the business of liquidating retailers — and sometimes rescuing them. “Liquidations are our bread and butter, along with asset-based appraisals. They work very well together,” said Gail Glave, managing director of the Tiger Capital Group. […]

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