CG: What Role Has Private Equity Played in the Retail “Apocalypse”?

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🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The downfall of Toys “R” Us has placed renewed focus on private equity funds and their connection to the recent string of retail bankruptcies. We look at how their desire for high returns and quick exits can hurt the long-term prospects of even the biggest brick-and-mortar chains.

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0:20.0	Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast it dives into a different sector of the stock market every day.
0:24.3	I'm your host to Vincent Shen. Consumer and retail is back in the studio for a second time this week
0:29.4	as we're pre-recording this episode for March 27th.
0:32.9	So earlier this week, Osset Sharma and I
0:34.8	had the opportunity to take a closer look at Hudson Limited,
0:38.8	one of the more recent initial public offerings
0:40.8	in the retail sector.
0:41.7	But today, I'm hoping to take a step back to cover a couple
0:46.3	different stories, one being more company specific and the other will speak to a broad industry
0:51.2	trend.
0:52.2	Joining me via Skype today is Motley Fool Contributor
0:54.7	and Jack of all Trades, Mr. Daniel Klein.
0:57.0	Hey Dan, thanks for being here.
0:58.4	Hey, Vince, thanks for having me.
0:59.6	I'll point out I was there when we first scheduled to tape this. Yes that's true we had to reschedule and I know you've got a quick
1:06.3	turnaround this morning as you prepare to hit the road. Where are you going again? I'm going to Naples Florida so I live in West Palm Beach, which is on the East Coast, and I'm going to Naples, which is on the West Coast. So just a little bit of a change of the type of sand on the beach.
1:21.0	Well, that sounds pretty good to me, the beach that is. Yeah there's no snow here. Yeah a lot of us here at full HQ would be happy to trade shoes with you I think given the storm that just hit the East Coast. Well, you're welcome any time.
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