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🛍️Retail

24 companies tracked

12
PE
6
Formerly PE
6
Not PE

🔴 PE Owned

PetSmart· BC Partners
2015
Guitar Center· Ares Management
2021
Staples· Sycamore Partners
2017
Neiman Marcus· Ares Management, CDPQ
2021
Michaels· Apollo Global Management
2021
JOANN· Leonard Green & Partners
2011
99 Cents Only Stores· Ares Management
2012
Safeway· Cerberus Capital Management
2015
Albertsons· Cerberus Capital Management
2006
Walgreens· Sycamore Partners
2025
Hot Topic· Sycamore Partners
2013
Skechers· 3G Capital
2025

🟡 Formerly PE Owned

Toys R Us· Bain Capital, KKR, Vornado
2005
Sears· ESL Investments (Lampert)
2005
Dollar General· KKR
2007
Dell Technologies· Silver Lake
2013
Petco· CVC Capital, CPPIB
2016
Mattress Firm· Steinhoff International (formerly)
2016

🟢 Not PE Owned

Trader Joe's
Costco
Wawa
Buc-ee's
Publix
H-E-B

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Data sourced from public records. Not financial advice. Just… awareness.