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    Frasers sells the Missguided brand to Shein

    2023-10-30T13:50:00Z

    The British retailer Frasers Group has sold the intellectual property (IP) of the Missguided fashion brand to the online fast fashion retailer Shein. Under the terms of the transaction, Shein will acquire the IP and trademarks of Missguided, while Frasers will retain Missguided’s real estate and employees which have now ...

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    Inc.5 Shoes raises $10m in a Series A funding

    2023-10-28T07:27:00Z

    The Mumbai-based omnichannel footwear brand Inc.5 Shoes has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by the local private equity Carpediem Capital. Param Capital and P3 Venture Fund also participated in the found. Created in 1998, Inc.5 Shoes retails through 70 stores and more than 200 shop-in-shops ...

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    Hermès could consider investments in Italian shoe, fashion suppliers

    2023-10-26T15:27:00Z

    Hermès could invest in some of its Italian footwear and fashion suppliers to further integrate its supply chain, said Eric du Halgouët, the company’s executive vice president of finance. “We could consider vertical integration with investments to consolidate partnerships with some suppliers that share our standards,” he said during a ...

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    Frasers continues to hike its stake in Boohoo

    2023-10-25T12:55:00Z

    Frasers Group has increased its stake in the online fashion retailer Boohoo to 16.50 percent from 15.12 percent, according to a stock exchange filing. The British retailer has been gradually building up a stake in Boohoo over the past months. It previously said that it saw “potential synergies and an ...

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    Steve Madden buys Almost Famous to expand its apparel business

    2023-10-24T15:08:00Z

    In a move to expand its apparel business, Steve Madden has bought Almost Famous, a designer and marketer of women’s apparel, for $52 million in cash, plus an earn-out provision based on future financial performance. Almost Famous markets products under its own brands, primarily Almost Famous, as well as private ...

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    EU clears Farfetch acquistion of YNAP stake from Richemont

    2023-10-23T16:16:00Z

    The European Commission has unconditionally cleared the acquisition by the British online fashion retailer Farfetch of a 47.5 percent stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) from the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont in exchange of Farfetch shares. The commission was the last regulatory hurdle required to obtain clearance for the deal, ...

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    Cinven may put Kurt Geiger up for sale

    2023-10-23T08:13:00Z

    The private equity Cinven is working with its adviser Bank of America on a potential auction for Kurt Geiger, according to Sky News, adding that the sale process could start in the coming months. Cinven could be seeking to raise £400 million (€460m) in the sale. Cinven bought the British ...

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    VF shareholder pushes for turnaround plan

    2023-10-19T15:47:00Z

    In a presentation, California-based activist investor Engaged Capital outlined that the parent company of Vans, The North Face (TNF), Timberland, Supreme and others is suffering from bloated overhead that is driving down shareholder value and called for a more detailed turnaround plan for VF Corp. It said that the overhead ...

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    Frasers to acquire SportScheck in Germany

    2023-10-17T08:37:00Z

    The British retailer Frasers Group has entered into a binding agreement with Signa Retail Department Store Holding GmbH to acquire SportScheck, one of the leading sports retailers in Germany. Completion of the transaction will be subject to regularory clearance. Frasers expects the transaction to close in the first quarter of ...

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    Frasers increases its stake in Boohoo again

    2023-10-16T07:35:00Z

    Frasers Group has increased its stake in the online fashion retailer Boohoo to 13.44% from 10.42%, according to a stock exchange filing. The British retailing group has been building up a stake in Boohoo. It previously said that it saw “potential synergies and an opportunity to strengthen our own brand ...

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    Birkenstock disappoints on market debut

    2023-10-12T14:26:00Z

    Birkenstock’s share price fell by 12.61 percent to $40.20 on Oct.11, its first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange, representing a market capitalization just above $7.5 billion. The sandal maker had priced its initial public offering at $46 per share, valuing the company $8.6 billion. The price was ...

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    Birkenstock prices its IPO at $46 a share

    2023-10-11T09:33:00Z

    Birkenstock has priced its initial public offering at $46 per share, valuing the company $8.6 billion. The price is just slightly below the midpoint of the $44.00 to $49.00 price range previously announced by the sandal maker. Birkenstock Holding Limited, which is registered in Jersey and has its headquarters in ...

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    Massimo Bonini invests in Giorgio Fabiani

    2023-10-09T14:51:00Z

    Massimo Bonini, the Milan-based showroom operator, has bought a minority stake in the Italian shoemaker Giorgio Fabiani. The partnership aims to bolster Giorgio Fabiani’s manufacturing base and distribution network. The brands Missoni and Mugler, which both work with Massimo Bonini, are also expected to start working with the shoemaker. The ...

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    Frasers hikes its stake in Boohoo to 13.44%

    2023-10-09T09:49:00Z

    The British retailing group Frasers Group has further increased its stake in the online fashion retailer Boohoo to 13.44 percent from 10.42 percent, according to a filing with the London Stock Exchange. Frasers has been building up a stake in Boohoo. At the end of August and early September, it ...

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    Birkenstock valued up to $9.2bn in IPO

    2023-10-03T14:22:00Z

    Birkenstock has set a value of up to $9.2 billion at the top end of the price range for its initial public offering (IPO), or more than seven times its annual sales. Birkenstock Holding Limited, which is registered in Jersey and has its headquarters in London, has filed for an ...

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    Reno completes partial restructuring but creditors’ claims triple

    2023-09-29T08:56:00Z

    The ailing German shoe retailer Reno has completed a partial restructuring, the insolvency administrator said. “It is a positive development for a procedure that initially offered little hope of an even remotely satisfactory result,” Immo Hamer von Valtier from the InsoTreu law firm said in a statement. “By ...

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    a.k.a Brands in 1-for-12 reverse share split

    2023-09-26T09:22:00Z

    a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. will carry out a one-for-12 reverse stock split of its common stock, that will become effective on Sept. 29 at 5:01 PM Eastern Time, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). On Oct. 2, 2023, the company’s common stock will begin ...

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    Golden Goose shareholder reportedly hires an advisor for an IPO

    2023-09-21T10:52:00Z

    The private equity Permira has hired a financial advisor to study an initial public offering (IPO) on the Milan stock exchange for Golden Goose, according to the business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. The advisor is believed to be a US investment bank present in Europe. The IPO could be ...

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    Mike Ashley cuts his stake in Hugo Boss

    2023-09-20T08:12:00Z

    Mike Ashley, the majority owner of the British retailer Frasers Group, has cut his stake in Hugo Boss to 19.65 percent from a previous 24.39 percent, according to a regulatory filing from the German fashion house. The figure includes financial instruments owned by Frasers. Ashley now owns 1.63 percent in ...

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    Peugeot Invest buys a stake in Gruppo Florence

    2023-09-18T08:12:00Z

    Peugeot Invest, the holding company of the Peugeot family, has invested €20 million in Gruppo Florence, an Italian holding company that owns 26 suppliers to the luxury goods industry, including three footwear manufacturers, according to the daily Corriere della Sera. Peugeot Invest, which has a 7 percent stake in the ...