Minimum thinks big with purchase of Junk de Luxe
Danish group Minimum, owner of the Minimum and Minus brands, acquired its fellow Dane, the Junk de Luxe designer label, at the end of 2012.
Fashion
Coach sales beat Street as North America regains momentum
Leather goods retailer Coach reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales after expanding into clothing and shoes to compete with emerging rivals, sending its shares up 11 percent in...
MCS acquired by Emerisque Brands
Italian group MCS has changed hands from British company Permira to U.S investors Emerisque Brands, specialists in the development of international fashion brands. The exact sum of the...
Ralph Lauren to pay $1.6 million to resolve Argentine bribery case
Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren will pay more than $1.6 million to settle a criminal and civil investigation of allegations that one of its subsidiaries bribed government officials in...
La Perla could accept majority stakeholder as it continues search for investors
JH Partners are looking for investors in order to drive development at La Perla. Goldman Sachs and law firm Latham and Watkins have been entrusted with the mandate.
KKR takes controlling stake in Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot
American investment fund KKR has confirmed that it has acquired a controlling stake in SMCP, the group that owns French brands Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot.
Fossil expands Swiss Made watch production
The U.S. Texas based group Fossil currently produces 400,000 watches in Switzerland and now plans to expand Swiss Made into both its private label and licensed brands.
Superga renews agreement with Steve Madden
The Italian footwear brand owend by BasicNet has chosen to renew its licensing agreement with Steve Madden on a ten-year renewable basis. The agreement also extends to cover sourcing and...
PLG brands a drag on Wolverine Worldwide profits
The U.S. footwear group doubled its revenue in the first quarter of 2013 ended March 23. The boost came mainly from newly acquired PLG brands, but these still managed to weigh on the...
Franklin & Marshall sees profit up but sales down
The Italian sportswear brand has ended 2012 with revenue of 46 million euros and a net profit increase of 15% driven by expansion in Europe and the Middle East.
LVMH-backed fund buys stake in Aussie bushwear firm RM Williams
A private equity fund sponsored by French luxury brand LVMH Group has snapped up just under half of Australia's R.M. Williams in deal aimed at helping the bushwear firm expand further...
Superga opens its first monobrand flagship in China
The Italian brand kicks off its retail activity in China with licensee Electric Sekki, which has just opened a flagship store in the Hong Kong’s 700-square-meter shopping center, complete...
Ittierre in the midst of a restructuring
The Italian manufacturer is contemplating a temporary lay-off of 300 employees. It is also just about to seal a new licensing deal with a French label and is in discussions again with...
Uniqlo operator keeps annual operating profit outlook unchanged
Fast Retailing left its full-year operating profit forecast unchanged despite a jump in sales in March at its flagship Uniqlo stores in Japan, as doubts linger whether aggressive economic...
Levi Strauss struggling in Asia
Levi Strauss reported a weak first quarter in the supposed El Dorado that is Asia, with sales dropping by 11% in the region. Sales in Europe climbed 2% for the same period.
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