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Bravissimo acquired by UK subsidiary of Japanese lingerie giant

Wacoal Europe Limited, the UK subsidiary of Japanese lingerie giant Wacoal Holdings Corp, has announced its acquisition of British lingerie and swimwear brand Bravissimo. Wacoal confirmed the news in a press release, in which it said that it had entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire the Warwickshire-based Bravissimo Group Limited....

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Wacoal acquires lingerie brand Lively

Wacoal International Corporation has confirmed that it acquiring digitally native and size-inclusive lingerie brand, Lively, founded by Victoria's Secret alum, Michelle Cordeiro Grant. Lively, part of Intimates Online, Inc., is headquartered in New York with two retail stores in New York and Chicago, and has become known as a category disrupter...

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Despite positive overseas growth, Wacoal's sales drop 0.1 percent

During the current fiscal year March 31, 2018, Wacoal Holdings Corp. said that the company’s consolidated sales for the current fiscal year fell by 0.1 percent to 195,725 million yen (1,771.6 million dollars) compared to the previous fiscal year. While consolidated sales of the domestic business fell by 2 percent due to difficult wholesale...