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Petco

Petco is a chain of pet superstores headquartered in San Diego. At the beginning of 2018, the company had 1,500 locations. The chain is owned by Luxembourg-based CVC Capital and the Canadian Pension Fund.

The stores carry everything needed for dogs, cats, fish, reptiles, birds and other domestic animals. The online store leverages Petco's buying power to bring you a massive selection of fresh pet supplies at discount prices..

Corporate History

Petco began as a catalog store when then morphed into a chain of pet supply superstores. The company held an IPO in 1994. It then began jumping between large private equity firms.

References:

  1. MRT - Petco prices IPO at $19/share (Drawn 3/26/2018)
  2. NASDAQ - Petco Files 3rd IPO (Drawn 3/26/2018)
  3. Wikipedia-Petco (Drawn 3/26/2018)
  4. Funding Universe - Petco (Drawn 3/26/2018)
  5. Financial Worldwide - Petco Acquired by CVC (Drawn 3/26/2018)

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