All Corporate articles – Page 31
-
News briefs
R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put...
R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put up for sale. R.M. Williams is majority-owned by L Catterton Asia, a private equity firm based in Singapore and backed by LVMH. Hugh Jackman, the Australian-born Hollywood actor who most recently starred in The Greatest Showman, has a 5 percent ...
-
Short stops
Britain's competition authority said it is planning to review the...
Britain's competition authority said it is planning to review the recent takeover of Footasylum by JD Sports Fashion
-
News briefs
LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed...
LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed a partnership with Secoo, the Chinese internet platform for luxury goods. Chinese customers will be able to order the products of about 500 brands hosted on LuisaViaRoma's website via Secoo's web store. The deal follows the establishment by Secoo of ...
-
News briefs
Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of...
Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of directors and the family that controls the firm, has created a new holding company, called Sawa, to manage part of his personal interests. Sawa is the contraction of the first names of his parents, Salvatore Ferragamo and Wanda Miletti. The ...
-
Short stops
Kering has opened a new Italian head office of 11,000...
Kering has opened a new Italian head office of 11,000 square meters in Milan, employing 150 people in a nine-floor tower located near the so-called Gucci Hub
-
News briefs
Emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Nine West has changed...
Emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Nine West has changed its name to become the Premier Brands Group under the ownership of CVC Credit Partners and Brigade Capital. It is starting over again with $100 million in liquidities granted by Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs to support its operations and ...
-
Short stops
Sabu has moved to a new head office of 750...
Sabu has moved to a new head office of 750 square meters in Heilbronn, not far from its previous location
-
News briefs
Huajian is looking at investments in the Egyptian market, according...
Huajian is looking at investments in the Egyptian market, according to a recent statement by the Egyptian trade minister, Amr Nassar. The company is planning to build a new industrial area in El Roubiki Leather City, in the suburbs of Egypt's capital city, not far from Cairo's international airport. The ...
-
News briefs
Kaps acquired Tacco Footcare, the German family-owned shoe-care producer, at...
Kaps acquired Tacco Footcare, the German family-owned shoe-care producer, at the end of February. Through the acquisition, the Polish-based producer of shoe-care products expands its portfolio of brands. Tacco will add a wide range of products to Kaps' existing range, which includes insoles, cotton laces, boot-trees, shoehorns and brushes, among ...
-
News briefs
Manebì has announced that Milano Investment Partners, an Italian investment...
Manebì has announced that Milano Investment Partners, an Italian investment firm focusing on consumer/lifestyle businesses, has acquired a stake in the company. The investment is expected to support the expansion of the brand's international retail network and of its product offering. The products of the Spanish shoe brand, specializing in ...
-
News briefs
The three wealthiest families in France have announced major donations...
The three wealthiest families in France have announced major donations to help rebuild Notre-Dame de Paris after the iconic cathedral was partially destroyed by fire on April 15. François-Henri Pinault, president of Kering, has announced that the Pinault family, via Artémis, its holding company, will donate €100 million. LVMH and ...
-
Short stops
JD Sports Fashion has announced the non-conditional takeover of Footasylum,...
JD Sports Fashion has announced the non-conditional takeover of Footasylum, the British shoe and apparel retailer, after receiving pledges for 91.82 percent of its shares
-
News briefs
The brand rights and other assets of the bankrupt Bretoniere...
The brand rights and other assets of the bankrupt Bretoniere Group have been taken over by the RNF Group. Owned by Ron Janssen and Ferry Helmer, the Dutch group already owns a major trading company, Ferro Footwear, and Mexx, whose shoes are developed and sold by Ferro. As reported in our last ...
-
News briefs
Vivarte has sold its Chevignon chain of clothing shops to...
Vivarte has sold its Chevignon chain of clothing shops to Financière Royer, parent company of the Royer Group, and to two other investors specialized in fashion and retailing, Stéphane Collaert and Thierry Le Guénic. The banner made a turnover of around €24 million last year through its web store and ...
-
News briefs
Prada has entered a collaboration with Oracle under which it...
Prada has entered a collaboration with Oracle under which it will adopt a series of technological solutions from the American data management firm to boost the efficiency of its retail network. Oracle will help analyze historical data and current market demand across the Italian group's 634 mono-brand stores to improve ...
-
Short stops
Galeria Kaufhof Karstadt is the new name of the company...
Galeria Kaufhof Karstadt is the new name of the company coming out of the merger of the Karstadt and Kaufhof department store chains in Germany
-
News briefs
Permira, the investment fund that took over Dr. Martens and...
Permira, the investment fund that took over Dr. Martens and its parent company Airwear International from the Griggs family six years ago, is planning to cash out with a fat return on the investment, according to Sky News. It is reportedly seeking a valuation that would be more than double ...
-
News briefs
Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...
Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...
-
News briefs
On Jan. 30, the Italian shoemaker Rucoline applied for debt...
On Jan. 30, the Italian shoemaker Rucoline applied for debt protection with a court in Perugia. The company was granted 120 days to present a reorganization plan including a debt restructuring proposal for its creditors. According to the daily Italia Oggi, Rucoline faced financial difficulties after a Chinese client, Eva ...
-
News briefs
Berkemann has acquired a shoe factory in Martfü, Hungary. The...
Berkemann has acquired a shoe factory in Martfü, Hungary. The German shoe company, based in Zeulenroda, will produce over 100,000 pairs of shoes per year at the new site. The takeover of the plant became necessary after Berkemann's existing Hungarian facility in Kiskunfélegyháza reached full capacity, said the company. With ...
