The Unlikely Return Of Retail IPOs

It is a testament to the relative buoyancy of the stock market that we are now in line for a string of emboldened retail IPOs in the US. However, it is the fundamentals of these three retailers in the IPO pipeline, and not that of the rallying stock exchange or the equally bullish S&P Retail index, that will determine their success upon trading. In a public listing which is set to herald the return of retail IPOs after two years on the sidelines, New Jersey-based health supplement store operator Vitamin Shoppe is going to market in an attempt to raise US146mn.

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