Secures $53 million in Debtor-in-Possession Financing to Minimize Impact on Operating Business Segments During Value-Maximizing Sale Process
Files Customary First Day Motions Seeking Authority to Uphold Commitments to Key Stakeholders
IG Design Group Americas, Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, “DGA” or the “Company”), a design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution company of branded and private label consumer products, announced today that it has voluntarily filed for chapter 11 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”) to facilitate a court-supervised marketing and sale process pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
The Company intends to pursue a value maximization strategy by engaging with buyers who are interested in purchasing certain of the Company’s business segments as a going concern, while concurrently winding down its domestically manufactured woven ribbon products business and supporting assets.
Design Group Americas includes over 50 product categories and brands, some of which were established over a century ago. Like many companies in the consumer products sector, DGA has been navigating a challenging operating landscape for several years, compounded by the loss of a major customer, who entered liquidation and significantly impacted DGA’s revenue as well as new trade tariffs imposed in 2025 that increased operational costs, affected pricing strategies, and contributed to reduced customer orders. The Company’s decision to pursue an in-court process was driven by liquidity constraints, substantial working capital requirements, and the seasonal nature of significant portions of its business.
“Following DGA’s sale to an affiliate of Hilco Capital Group, we have worked diligently with our advisors to evaluate the optimal path forward for the business,” said Sue Buchta, Chief Executive Officer of Design Group Americas. “We enter the court-supervised sale process in dialogue with multiple interested parties for certain of our business segments as a going concern and intend to leverage chapter 11 to maximize the value of our assets. We thank our employees, customers, and partners for their support and will work diligently to minimize any potential impact during the process.”
Additional Information about the Court-Supervised Process
Design Group Americas has secured an agreement for approximately $53 million in committed debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing from an affiliate of Hilco to support its value maximizing strategy throughout its Chapter 11 cases, subject to Court approval.
Additionally, to uphold its commitments to its stakeholders, DGA has filed several customary “first day” motions. These motions, upon approval by the Court, will provide authorization for the continued payment of employee wages and benefits arising under programs that were in effect as of the petition date, the maintenance of certain customer programs, payments to certain critical vendors for prepetition amounts owed, payment to vendors for amounts owed on post-petition goods and services delivered to the Company, and other relief measures standard in these circumstances.
Design Group Americas’s non-U.S. affiliates are not part of the chapter 11 cases and will continue to operate while the Company considers the impact of asset sales and the optimal plan to maximize the value of the interests it holds in those subsidiaries.
Additional information is available at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/DGA. Stakeholders with questions may call the Company’s claims agent Kroll, toll-free at (877) 307-2977 (U.S. and Canada) or (646) 290-6127 (International), or email at dgateam@ra.kroll.com.
Advisors
Latham & Watkins LLP is serving as legal counsel, Huron Consulting Group LLC is serving as financial advisor and investment banker, and C Street Advisory Group is serving as strategic communications advisor to Design Group Americas.
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