Question 1

Which retail & shopping brands are owned by private equity?

Accepted Answer

The Squeeze tracks 43 retail & shopping brands touched by private equity. They include Guitar Center (Ares Management), Staples (Sycamore Partners), Michaels (Apollo Global Management), Walgreens (Sycamore Partners), Skechers (3G Capital), Brooks Brothers (Authentic Brands Group (CVC Capital, BlackRock, General Atlantic)), Family Dollar (Brigade Capital Management / Macellum Capital Management / Arkhouse Management), Ann Taylor / LOFT (Sycamore Partners), Belk (KKR / Hein Park Capital) and Lane Bryant (Sycamore Partners). Every entry is sourced, and the full list is published at https://pesqueeze.com/browse/retail.

Question 2

Which private equity firm owns the most retail & shopping brands?

Accepted Answer

Sycamore Partners owns the most retail & shopping brands The Squeeze tracks — 7 of 43, including Staples, Walgreens, Hot Topic, Nine West and Ann Taylor / LOFT.

Question 3

How many retail & shopping brands are currently private-equity owned?

Accepted Answer

Of the 43 retail & shopping brands The Squeeze tracks, 14 are currently PE-owned, 1 is PE-owned with no visible consumer fallout yet, 27 were PE-owned and have since been sold on and 1 was bought by a non-PE corporation.

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