- Big Lots filed for bankruptcy protection, citing stubborn inflation, high interest rates and a slowdown in consumer spending on home goods such as furniture and decor.
- Private equity firm Nexus Capital Management has agreed to buy Big Lots for $760 million, consisting of $2.5 million in cash plus its remaining debt.
- The home goods sector has been under pressure over the last two years after demand surged during the Covid-19 pandemic.
When does private equity actually add value these days? I can only recall them as some sort of nebulous vampiric entity that sucks up value.
Perfect analogy.
They’re leeches.
Company gets in trouble. They buy it for cheap. Suck it dry. Discard the corpse.
They are the vampire squid wrapped around the head of the American economy, repeatedly thrusting their blood funnel into its face.
Thanks Taibbi