Mergers and Acquisitions — When Sweet Turns to Sour

Bob Cronin, managing partner of boutique consulting firm The Open Approach, concurs that private equity funding is still ample, with particular interest given to direct mail, wide-format commercial, packaging and labels. Certain segments of web and sheetfed printing may experience some softness.

“I don’t think it’s going to be dramatic at this time,” Cronin says. “Going into next year, if the economy continues the way it is and we go into stagflation, no one knows exactly what that will mean.”