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DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Full-Service Digital Marketing Agency: Establishing Competitive Differentiation And Growth Outlook

Conducted a 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish the competitive differentiation and validate the growth opportunities of the target. To this end, Gotham:  deciphered the complexity and evolution of digital marketing; conducted interviews with digital marketing buyers (including customers) and competitors; and created a digital marketing agency competitive database that profiled key competitors. Gotham’s assessment armed our client with a solid understanding of market dynamics/growth outlook and target’s reputation/ competitive position, allowing our client to proceed with confidence to successfully close the deal.

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JANITORIAL SERVICES PROVIDER
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Leading Janitorial Services Provider: Establishing COVID Impact And Local Market Competitive Dynamics

Conducted a 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish market size and growth outlook, assess target’s competitive positioning in its local markets, and establish the impact of COVID and wage increases on target’s business. Gotham:  conducted anonymous interviews and surveys with janitorial services buyers (customer and non-customer); deciphered competitive dynamics in this highly fragmented market; developed a competitive database for each of target’s local markets; and built a market sizing model. Gotham’s assessment clarified our client’s key market and competitive dynamics concerns and gave them the confidence to proceed with the investment.

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Direct Marketing Services Company
Operations Diagnostic of Direct Marketing Services Company:  Establishing “One Company” Organization and Operations to Realize Cost Synergies 

Conducted a 5-week operations diagnostic of a recently acquired portfolio company to identify cost reduction opportunities and establish organizational and operations end-visions. Gotham undertook an extensive analytic effort to reconcile and align data from 3 separate, independently operating systems corresponding to each business unit and create in-depth profiles of purchasing spend and labor efficiency. We also identified opportunities to improve salesforce effectiveness, including salesforce restructuring and a new compensation system. Finally, working with management, Gotham developed a “One Company” organizational structure to eliminate disconnect and facilitate savings opportunity capture within and among the 3 business units. Following the diagnostic, management launched efforts to capture these opportunities, which were expected to improve the company’s EBITDA margins by 6+ percentage points.

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Digital Performance Marketing Company
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Entrepreneurial Digital Performance Marketing Company: Establishing Competitive Positioning And Recession Risk

Conducted a 4-week customer & market due diligence to establish competitive positioning, margin sustainability, and recession risk of an email acquisition and affiliate marketing company. To this end, Gotham:  conducted ~200 “warm introduction” and anonymous customer interviews and surveys; built a comprehensive database of competitor and O&O sites; dissected financial and operational data to pin down drivers of management growth projections; researched over 1,000 advertisers and publishers to establish the target’s customer mix; and built a recession impact model. Gotham’s rapid assessment of this emerging and not well defined market provided our client with clarity on market and competitive dynamics and allowed the deal team to present a robust picture of the target to their investment committee and lenders.

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FDA Compliance Services Provider
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of FDA Compliance Services Provider: Establishing Competitive Positioning And Growth Outlook

Conducted a 2-week customer & market due diligence to establish the FDA supply chain compliance services map/market size, the target’s value proposition/competitive positioning, and growth opportunities through service line expansion. To this end, Gotham:  deciphered the complexity and evolution of food safety regulations; conducted interviews with food importers, exporters, and FDA officials; developed a bottom-up market sizing model; and established the competitive landscape of player segment offering U.S. Agent services and new entrants to food safety services. Gotham’s assessment armed our client with a solid understanding of market dynamics/growth outlook and the target’s reputation/competitive positioning, allowing our client to proceed with confidence to aggressively pursue the deal. 

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Technology Event Marketing Agency
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Technology Event Marketing Agency: Assessing Outsourcing Dynamics, Company Positioning, And Recession Risk

Conducted a 2-week customer & market due diligence ahead of the check-in bid to establish addressable market size and trends, competitive positioning and reputation, and the target’s cyclicality exposure/ recession risk. To this end, Gotham:  conducted customer interviews and an online survey of large technology companies, including C-suite, marketing and event directors, and field managers; built detailed profiles of different event types and services required; identified/profiled ~300 event agencies; assessed recession risk; and developed a bottom-up market sizing model. Gotham’s comprehensive fact-based assessment allowed our client to move forward with confidence in the auction process and to secure an LOI.   

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