Private Equity

Buyout bosses lose their appetite for consumer deals

Private equity firms are quietly backing out of a once-loved sector

Covid, the economic downturn and the mass shift to homeworking have even dented the consumer market in private equity’s own backyard of London’s Mayfair
Covid, the economic downturn and the mass shift to homeworking have even dented the consumer market in private equity’s own backyard of London’s Mayfair Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

Private equity is falling out of love with the consumer sector.

Europe’s buyout bosses are retrenching from the high street en masse as the economic downturn heaps pressure on an already-embattled industry. 

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