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...Ulta started the year on the front foot, particularly as it and other specialty beauty chains like Sephora seemed better poised to weather the general malaise that has beset other brick-and-mortar retailers...
...While athleisure, the moniker used for a trend which sees people wear work out gear outside of the gym, had helped certain sports retailers buck some of the broader retail pain, specialty sports retailers...
...The move arrives amid turmoil in the specialty sports retailers space as consumers increasingly shop online and buy directly from brands like Nike and Under Armour....
...Allergan, Platform Specialty Products and liquor company Beam have all surged in value....
...pharmaceutical company Aptalis Holdings Inc from private equity firm TPG Capital LP for about $3 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday....
...In our opinion, this may weigh on specialty retailers such as Tiffany’s and Coach, while having less impact on lower end chains such as Claire’s Stores....
...Apollo’s $1.3bn buy-out of the home goods retailer hit the market at roughly the same time in 2005 as Thomas H Lee and Bain’s $1.8bn deal to buy school supplies company School Specialty....
...Premier Investments, controlled by former chairman of the Coles supermarket chain Solomon Lew, offered to buy Just Group, Australia’s largest specialty clothing retailer, for A$898m ($822m), reports Bloomberg...
...Private equity groups have found fertile ground for investments in all corners US retailing, from luxury department stores to discount chains and specialty stores....
...Run by Steven Roth, Vornado in 2005 participated in the high-profile $5.5bn private equity buy-out of Toys R Us, the specialty toy retailer in which it now owns a 32.9 per cent stake....
...Retailers remained under pressure as confidence in consumer spending flagged. Wal-Mart , which withdrew its application to open a specialty bank on Friday, fell 2.6 per cent to $46.21....
...Specialty toy retailers have been under pressure in recent years by the big discounter retailers, mainly Wal-Mart and Target, which have aggressively cut prices on popular toys....
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