Phoenix, AZ

The list of top 10 U.S. cities plagued by organized retail crime has two new additions — Las Vegas and Phoenix — according to the National Retail Federation's seventh annual Organized Retail Crime survey. The top 10 U.S. cities for organized retail crime (in alphabetical order) are: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia and Phoenix. The survey's overall results indicate organized retail crime is very much on retailers’ minds: 94.5 percent of respondents said they had been the victim of organized retail crime.

NEW YORK and PHOENIX, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CVC Capital Partners ("CVC") and Leslie's Holdings, Inc. ("Leslie's") announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement for funds advised by CVC to invest in Leslie's, the leading specialty retailer of swimming pool supplies and related products in the United States. Existing equity holders, including affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners and management, will maintain large ongoing ownership stakes in the business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Leslie's operates 645 company-owned retail stores in 35 states throughout North America, and also markets its products through mail-order catalogs and