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Hiter Harris bullish on M&A in consumer space

"You would think with depressed consumer spending that the consumer sector would be a depressed area, but we are seeing incredible activity in the consumer space and we think it will continue," says Hiter Harris, founder of M&A boutique bank Harris Williams & Co. Other sectors Harris predicts will flourish in middle-market dealmaking this year include healthcare, technology, aerospace and government services and transportational logistics. - Mary Kathleen Flynn