All Pets at Home articles – Page 21
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GalleryStore Designs on the future
Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better
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NewsMore retail deals on private equity’s radar
Renewed private equity activity and low retailer valuations raise the likelihood of another round of public-to-private deals, Oriel analysts believe.
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AnalysisBusiness sales: retail makeover tactics
After a year when retailers often got the cold shoulder, both private equity and IPO activity in the sector is picking up. Joanna Perry examines the makeover tactics retailers use to encourage a sale
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OpinionAxed Matalan sale is not the closing chapter for retail deals
The failed sale of Matalan yesterday came as little surprise to many.
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Analysis
Private equity deals
Pets at Home’s sale to KKR for £955m was the first firm sign that private equity is open for business again. Here, we ask what the deal tells us
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NewsPets at Home gears up for growth after sale to KKR
Pets at Home chief executive Matt Davies is gearing up to make “a good business into a really great business” following its purchase by private equity house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) in a £995m deal.
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NewsPets at Home sold to KKR for £955m
Pets at Home has been sold to private equity house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for £955m, including the debt.
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NewsGreen light for retail IPOs
Grim outlook fails to dampen retailers’ flotation hopes — but will they hit their valuations?
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OpinionSelling up will be no easy task in 2010
Private buyers will be hampered by not being able to take on the levels of borrowing they did before the banking crisis
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NewsPets at Home posts 6.7% Christmas sales rise
Pets at Home, the specialist retailer considering a sale or float, has posted 6.7% like-for-like sales growth over Christmas.
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NewsPrivate equity bidders offer £800m for Pets at Home
Four private equity firms have each submitted offers of more than £800m for specialist retailer Pets at Home.
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OpinionThe duck’s nuts
The two-year-old Pets at Home store in New Malden shows how retailers that know their business are comfortable with evolving a format, refining it and constantly looking to improve what’s already there.
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NewsPets at Home anticipates bumper Christmas
The pet specialist retailer is anticipating a bumper Christmas, hoping shoppers will take advantage of its “best ever Christmas range”.
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OpinionIPO hopes hang on Christmas
The Christmas selling season got off to its now traditional start this week: Debenhams held a Sale.
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OpinionFloats need proper preparation
A float is not an end in itself but a new beginning, which brings with it a variety of unaccustomed challenges, disciplines and temptations.
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NewsPotential Pets at Home IPO whets City appetite
Pets at Home’s possible float next year is likely to generate strong interest from the City, according to analysts.
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NewsPets at Home assesses IPO potential
Specialist retailer Pets at Home has moved closer to a flotation with the appointment of JP Morgan Cazenove as joint sponsor, joint bookrunner and joint global coordinator.
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OpinionSecond time lucky for New Look flotation?
New Look is heading the pack of private equity backed retailers considering a return to the market next year.
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News
Retail suffers as gloom outweighs IPO hopes
General retail stocks headed south and underperformed the market, despite rising speculation that a raft of IPOs - including a £1.7bn flotation of fast fashion group New Look - looks likely in the new year.