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LVMH to sell El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara for 82.2 million dollars

French luxury conglomerate LVMH is selling its sole hotel in the United States, the El Encanto in Santa Barbara, California, to a partnership consisting of Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, his brother Justine Mateen, and Culver Capital for 82.2 million dollars. The hotel, which consists of 90 rooms, is located in a popular coastal vacation area...

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Caleres to acquire Stuart Weitzman from Tapestry Inc. for $105 million

Tapestry, Inc., the parent company of several leading accessories and lifestyle brands, including Coach and Kate Spade New York, has announced the sale of its Stuart Weitzman brand to Caleres, a portfolio of consumer footwear brands, for 105 million dollars in cash today. Caleres stated that it aims to fund the acquisition through the company’s...

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Walgreens presses pause on plans for Boots IPO

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA.O) has reportedly shelved its plans for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of UK-based drugstore chain Boots as it continues to explore other opportunities. On Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that Walgreens Boots Alliance was continuing “informal talks with potential buyers” for Boots, which...

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Sale and special offers: a closer look at the discounting practices in the fashion industry

Discounting has become somewhat of the norm in the fashion industry today, with clearance culture emerging as the solution to excess stock for many retailers and brands. But could this practice be doing more harm than good? This background piece looks at sale and discounting practices. Contents • In fact, there’s not always a sale on • What...

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Bankrupt Renewcell receives multiple bids

Things aren’t over yet for Renewcell, as the Swedish textile recycling company is said to have received “multiple bids” for its business and assets. The bankruptcy trustee confirmed that several purchase offers had been submitted for the business and estate assets ahead of the deadline on March 28. All offers are said to be undergoing a thorough...

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Half of global luxury shoppers buy at discount

Half of global luxury shoppers are partial to a bargain. According to the YouGov Affluent Perspective’s Global Luxury Retail Report 2018, half of all global luxury shoppers state they “only buy luxury when it is discounted.” The report, which focuses on the 56 percent of global affluents shoppers who purchase luxury products and services across...

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​Kate Spade asks for more time following Coach bid

London - Kate Spade & Co. is said to need more time to mull over Coach's take over bid. The latter reportedly made an offer to take over the US premium handbag label last week, although it remains unclear how much Coach has offered. By taking more time to go over the sale process gives potential buyers more space to assess Kate Spade's first...

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American Apparel taps investment bank to explore sale options

London - Although the door may have closed on American Apparel bankruptcy the story continues on, as the retailer forges on with its restructure and reorganization plan. However, now things appeared to have taken a sudden twist (or perhaps not so sudden) as American Apparel is said to have hired investment bank Houlihan Lokey to explore options...

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Shandong Ruyi signs deal to acquire SMCP

Shandong Ruyi has signed a deal which would see the Chinese textile company acquire a controlling stake in fashion group Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot (SMCP), valued at an estimated 1.3 billion euros. Shandong Ruyi confirms acquisition of SMCP News of the impending deal broke earlier this week, as private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &...

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KKR moves closer to selling SMCP to Shandong Ruyi

London - SMCP, the fashion group consisting of French fashion labels Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot is inching closer to a potential sale to Chinese textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi, in a deal which is said to value the group at 1.3 billion euros (1.45 billions US dollars), including debt. News of the possible sale comes as US private equity...

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