Apollo Global Management is seeking to acquire warehouse retailer, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Reuters reports. Leonard Green & Partners was also looking to buy BJ’s and had entered a confidentiality agreement with the company.
The board of the club was considering a sale and other alternatives in February 2011 and had appointed Morgan Stanley to advise it on the process. BJ’s has a market capitalization of around $2.7 billion.
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