Founded in 1903, Gordon Brothers Group, LLC, the Boston-based retail finance and asset management firm, provides customized business solutions for retailers and consumer product companies that seek to maximize liquidity of underperforming inventory, real estate and other assets; facilitates mergers and acquisitions; appraises inventories and secures equity and debt capital. During the past two years, Gordon Brothers was involved in selling over $9 billion worth of inventory, mitigated $2 billion of leasehold obligations and conducted appraisals on $50 billion of retail assets.