Gordon Brothers Completes Acquisition of Distributor and Manufacturer H2 Brands Group

Retail
Written By Rick Watson

H2 Brands Group is a leading national consumer products company with annual sales in excess of $250 million and a portfolio of nationally recognized brands, including Comfort Zone, Shur-Line, Helping Hand and Bulldog Hardware.

Gordon Brothers is a well-known liquidator.  H2 Brands owned brands such as Comfort Zone, Magnavox and Craig Electronics, and had sales in excess of $250 million.  Prior to this transaction, H2 had also divested its paint supply brand Shur-Line to True Value.

Gordon Brothers: Gordon Brothers & Nations Capital Complete H2 Brands Group Acquisition

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

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