Apparel M&A Industry Insights – Winter 2023
Mar 22, 2023
by Brian Little, Josh Benn, Robin Kim, Howard Johnson

Brian Little is a managing director in the Consumer, Food, Restaurant and Retail M&A Advisory practice, based in the Los Angeles office. Brian leverages more than 16 years of experience of advising middle-market clients on mergers and acquisitions and has closed numerous transactions in the apparel, sporting goods, retail, food and restaurants sectors.
Prior to joining Kroll, Brian served as a managing director at Imperial Capital where he led the firm’s Apparel practice. Brian has also held senior positions at US Bank, Union Bank and FocalPoint Partners.
Brian received both his MBA with an emphasis in corporate finance as well as his B.S. from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 licenses. Brian is a frequent lecturer on topics such as valuation and corporate finance and is an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California.
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