Leonard Green News
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Saks Inc. surged today after posting revenue that exceeded analysts’ estimates and later on a report that the luxury retail chain hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help it explore alternatives including a possible sale.
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Rue21 Inc., which sells tank tops and graphic tees to teenagers at affordable prices, is shaping up to be the next target after private-equity investments in retail reached the highest amount since before the U.S. recession.
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Leon Black, chief executive officer of buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC, said prices for traditional buyouts have risen so much that it’s a good time to sell.
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Brad Kriser has been known to down a dog biscuit or two. Kriser, the founder of an upscale pet-food chain that’s opening stores in major U.S. cities, sees his pets as family, and sampling their diet is what good parents do.
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Jana Partners LLC, the $5 billion activist hedge fund run by Barry Rosenstein, said Rockwood Holdings Inc., the specialty chemicals maker seeking to exit businesses, may be worth $80 a share in a takeover.
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Fifth & Pacific Cos.’s Lucky Brand and Juicy Couture labels are attracting interest from private- equity firms and strategic buyers including VF Corp., said people with knowledge of the matter.
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Leonard Green & Partners LP, the private-equity firm that backed Whole Foods Market Inc. and J. Crew Group Inc., has raised more than $6 billion to make its next fund its largest, said two people familiar with the matter.
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Leonard Green & Partners LP, the buyout firm whose investments include Whole Foods Market Inc. and J. Crew Group Inc., raised about $4 billion for its sixth fund, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Investcorp SA, the Bahrain-based investment firm, said it completed the sale of CCC Information Services Inc., a provider of software for auto-insurance claims, to private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP.
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In the years before the recession, private-equity firms put so much faith in the future of U.S. brick-and-mortar retailers that they spent $36 billion on them.
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