So BRS bought out Apex Neptune Systems too?

[MikeandDee]

Hope this doesn’t lead to price increases. First marine depot now apex? Going the big box direction, next up PETCO?

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[scolson]

Kind of shocking. I guess it makes business sense but it does make me ponder the objectiveness of their information going forward.

 

[ChiCity]

Hope this doesn’t lead to price increases. First marine depot now apex? Going the big box direction, next up PETCO?

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petco is in a completely different league than brs,
if anything,
it’d be the other way around….

 

[scolson]

petco is in a completely different league than brs,
if anything,
it’d be the other way around….

At some point every privately held company needs an exit strategy and that is typically a merger/sale. The funding behind BRS will look to get there money back someday and its not out of reason to think that a larger brand like Petco would buy them.