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...While private equity groups have had success with a number of retailers since 2007, including Dollar General, Party City and BJ’s Wholesale Club, the majority struggled with the debt levels assumed in their...
...BJ’s Wholesale Club, which is being taken private by two buy-out groups in a $2.8bn deal, posted an 11 per cent jump in August sales from a year ago, while Costco, the sector leader by revenue, posted a...
...But mid-range customers have been flocking to warehouse clubs such as BJ’s Wholesale to stock up on essentials and groceries....
...’s Wholesale, the warehouse retailer, and digital education company Blackboard....
...We were able to see consumers going back to the stores to start buying their diapers and their Kleenex and we could tell when the Walmarts of the world and the BJ’s Wholesale clubs in the northeast started...
...Elsewhere on Wall Street, shares in BJ’s Wholesale Club were up 4.6 per cent to $50.29 after the discount retailer announced that it was selling itself to the private equity firms Leonard Green & Partners...
...Elsewhere in the sector, BJ’s Wholesale Club , a membership-only warehouse retail store, reported an 81 per cent fall in fourth-quarter profits on charges related to store closures....
...News that BJ’s Wholesale Club , a membership-only warehouse retail store, was considering selling itself sent its shares up 12.2 per cent to $48.25....
...BJ’s Wholesale Club surged 7.1 per cent to $47.62 after it was reported that private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners could make a hostile bid for the warehouse store operator if an auction was not...
...The deal speculation dominating the market this week continued as BJ’s Wholesale Club, the warehouse store operator, gained 12.6 per cent to $47.34 after it was reported that it could be considering options...
...BJ’s Wholesale Club , a warehouse discounter, fell 2.6 per cent to $38.76 in spite of an increase in same-store sales that topped analysts’ average expectations for a 6.6 per centgain....
...In contrast, BJ’s Wholesale Club, the operator of warehouse stores, fell 2.7 per cent to $42.14 after it lowered its full-year forecast to $2.40-$2.50 per share, compared with the consensus estimate of $2.68...
...Rival BJ’s Wholesale Club moved up 1.6 per cent to $39.61....
...Rival BJs Wholesale Club was one of the biggest fallers in the small-cap Russell 1000 index....
...BJ’s Wholesale Club , a discount warehouse chain, rose 1.5 per cent to $37.20 as the company said that it had increased its stock repurchase programme by $200m....
...BJ’s Wholesale Club reported lower sales from its third quarter than had been expected, pushing its shares down 2 per cent to $35.63....
...BJs Wholesale Club, which has shown strength during the recession as customers snap up goods at wholesale prices, saw sales drop more than expected, hurt in part by lower petrol prices....
...Goldman downgraded BJs Wholesale Club, however, the warehouse club that has prospered as shoppers look for bargains....
...Costco and BJ’s, the bulk warehouse club stores, reported US comparable sales gains of 6 per cent and 7.7 per cent, excluding their fuel sales....
...BJ’s Wholesale Club rose 6.9 per cent to $35.58 after the warehouse-club retailer said fourth-quarter net income increased more than fourfold, helped by higher January sales....
...Costco is the largest player in a warehouse club sector that also includes Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Sam’s Club....
...BJ's, the third biggest warehouse operator after Wal-Mart's Sam's Club and Costco, dropped 1.9 per cent to $25.47 after posting smaller sales gains than analysts had expected....
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