Home Depot’s announcement that it is selling its wholesale division HD Supply for $10.3 billion to a trio of private equity firms -Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice -is hardly a surprise, given the media coverage that led up to it. Though we don’t know all the details yet, there are already a few takeaways from the news:
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1. As Grainger President and COO Jim Ryan said in mid-May (Grainger: Consolidation is Changing Marketplace), just because HD Supply has been been sold does not mean that it disappears as a player in the market. Still, HD Supply’s new owners will have the same …
Takeaways from the $10B HD Supply Deal
Home Depot’s announcement that it is selling its wholesale division HD Supply for $10.3 billion to a trio of private equity firms -Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice -is hardly a surprise, given the media coverage that led up to it. Though we don’t know all the details yet, there are already a few takeaways from the news:
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1. As Grainger President and COO Jim Ryan said in mid-May (Grainger: Consolidation is Changing Marketplace), just because HD Supply has been been sold does not mean that it disappears as a player in the market. Still, HD Supply’s new owners will have the same …
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Lindsay Young
Lindsay Young is the president of 3 Aspens Media, a B2B content strategy and marketing content firm that works with distributors to translate their offline expertise – online. She has more than 20 years of experience leading and producing online and print content for publications and businesses. She leads a team of 12 writers, client success managers, designers, marketing specialists and strategists to produce content that helps companies translate their benefits to key decision-makers. She was previously the editor of Modern Distribution Management.
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