Retailers are getting back to business after the recession and showing stronger earnings, making them attractive targets for private equity investors — and each other.
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Sears Holdings and Urban Outfitters are apparently both looking to buy J. Crew Group. The two are weighing making rival bids for the clothing retailer. This could create a challenge to TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners’ …
Shares of J. Crew jumped 16% on Tuesday after the specialty retailer confirmed it was considering a $2.8 billion buyout offer. But some question whether J. Crew’s $2.8 billion buyout was the best possible deal for investors.
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Private equity firms are likely to buy retailer J. Crew Group for $43.50 a share or about $2.8 billion, though investors might balk at such a modest premium.
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President Barack Obama’s joke about holding a “Slurpee Summit” between Democrats and Republicans has the makers of the sugary drink scrambling to take action. “We don’t want to be opportunistic, but nothing has ever been this b…