Together with a number of smaller acquisitions Sandell Perkins acquired Broad & Co. (formed in 1881) in 1975.

In 1912 he acquired the pharmaceutical firm Dr. Ballowitz & Co. in Berlin.

In 1996 Storeco acquired the jeweller Galaxy & Co. and the home textiles chain Sheet Street.

In 1978, it significantly buttressed its securities underwriting business by acquiring White Weld & Co., a small but prestigious old-line investment bank.

There was one last push for expansion in 1927, when the firm acquired Joseph Jones & Co. in Knotty Ash.

It acquired Brooks, Harvey & Co., Inc. in 1967 and established a presence in the real estate business.

The company continued to expand, acquiring Birks, Rawlins and Co. in 1930.

In 1973, the firm acquired F.S. Smithers & Co., providing its first a presence in fixed income.

Two years later, in 1979, the company acquired Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co., which itself was the product of a number of mergers.

A year later, Reynolds acquired Baker Weeks & Co. whose strength was securities research.