Pet-products retailer Petco Animal Supplies is looking into launching an initial public offering, according to media reports. The San Diego-based company was interviewing banks and a listing could raise roughly $800 million, Bloomberg reported. Talks with banks have taken place in recent weeks, Reuters reported Wednesday, adding that a listing would be Petco’s third since 1994. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners took the company private in a 2006, $1.8 billion leveraged buyout.
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