All Pets at Home articles – Page 19
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News
Ideal Shopping Direct to rival Pets at Home with online and TV offer
Ideal Shopping Direct is launching a pets accessories website for pet owners, marking its entry into the pets market.
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Petbarn acquires Australian Pets At Home stores
Pet care specialist Petbarn has acquired all three Pets At Home stores in Australia and converted them to the Petbarn banner. The franchised units in Victoria are understood to have been converted in the past couple of months following the deal, which took place in February.Petbarn is one of Australia’s ...
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Analysis
Private equity rushes back into retail
After two years on the sidelines private equity money is back in retail. George MacDonald finds out why and what investors are looking for
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HobbyCraft aims high for new owner
Art and crafts retailer HobbyCraft has said it would aspire to surpass Pets at Home as a success story for its new owner, Bridgepoint, following its sale last week to the private equity investor for nearly £120m.
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Former Asda chief Tony DeNunzio installed as Pets at Home chairman
Pets at Home has hired former Asda president and chief executive Tony DeNunzio as its non-executive chairman to help drive growth under its new owner, private equity firm KKR.
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Analysis
How to be the best employer
Retailers fared well in this year’s Best Companies To Work For survey. Liz Morrell finds out why
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Oracle Retail Week Awards 2010: The Winners
The full list of winners from last night’s Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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Analysis
Countrywide: creating a modern proposition for rural retail
How has Countrywide overcome the challenges of rural retailing to become a modern proposition? George MacDonald finds out
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Gallery
Store 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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More 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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Analysis
Business 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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Opinion
Axed 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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Pets 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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Pets 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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Green light for retail IPOs
Grim outlook fails to dampen retailers’ flotation hopes — but will they hit their valuations?
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Opinion
Selling 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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Pets 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.