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“what happened to the mall?!” private equity. “what happened to shopping outlets?” private equity. “what happened to wild in-person black fridays?!” private equity. “what happened to—“ private. equity.
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Anonymous 18h

Amazon happened to the mall, outlets, and Black Friday. Amazon is a public company.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

hey so, amazon is real. but private equity looting is also real & predated amazon’s true preeminence in retail. when toys r us went bankrupt in 2017, for example, amazon only had 99 million users. (now its more than double that). but they were in the death phase of a leveraged buy out by PE

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 18h

Malls are more than Toys R Us, sales have declined across the board regardless of whether stores are owned by private equity firms or not. Toys R Us is also a terrible example. It was already struggling when they were bought out, and the PE firm lost millions when they went under.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

If you don’t think PE looting contributed to the death of smalls, stores, and restaurants I’m not going to sit here & argue w you. Most people don’t even know what PE looting is though, and for those people, please look into it! Hate Amazon & PE!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

Like I just can’t imagine spending my life defending KKR & Brain Capital 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 18h

Also: if anyone is reading this comment chain and looking into PE also take a peek at PE in health care and long term care facilities!

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