Shoe Sensation

Canaccord Genuity is pleased to announce that on August 3, 2015, Shoe Sensation, Inc., a leading family footwear retailer in the Midwestern United States, completed its sale to J.W. Childs Associates, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of middle-market growth companies.  Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Canaccord Genuity served as exclusive financial advisor to Shoe Sensation and its Board of Directors in connection with the transaction.

Shoe Sensation is a leading family footwear retailer serving communities across the Midwest.  Since its first store opened in 1984, Shoe Sensation has focused on giving customers of all ages access to top footwear brands.  Headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the company operates more than 115 retail locations across 17 states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

J.W. Childs is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market growth companies.  Since inception in 1995, J.W. Childs has invested in excess of $3 billion of equity capital in more than 40 best-in-class companies across the consumer, specialty retail and healthcare industries.  The firm’s success has been built on its industry focus and the extensive operating expertise of its partners.