Time to reconsider the retail sector

Private equity investors are cautious of the retail sector as many regard it as inherently volatile, impossible to analyse, depe.dent on the flair of maverick entrepreneurs and difficult to influence if things go wrong. Michael Jary and James George of OC&C Strategy Consultants argue, however, that the sector remains sound for private equity investment as it continues to be susceptible to the disciplines of good management like any ‘industrial' business.