Silvestri Finds New Buyer
By Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 6/1/2005
Beverly, MA — The Silvestri division of Syratech, currently under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, was sold to Gift Acquisition LLC, a division of investment and technology development firm The D.E. Shaw Group, New York. Shaw also owns toy retailer FAO Schwarz, mytwin.com, and etoys.com. Silvestri becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of etoys.com. All Silvestri employees and artist licenses remained with the company, and it will maintain all of its current showrooms and overseas offices.




















