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2021 Round up: The most notable acquisitions this year

Anyone who takes a quick look at the news over the past year will have noticed one business trend: takeovers, takeovers and takeovers. Various fashion groups seem to be actively in the acquisition game, while other companies were presented with an opportunity that they could not turn down. To sum it all up: these were the most notable...

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Luxury fashion M&A reactivates in 2021 with five deals in March

While it has taken a few months to take off, major investments, merges and acquisitions within the fashion and luxury industry seem to have started to flourish in 2021. From divestments to major acquisitions, these are the five deals that have the industry talking: Dondup, OAMC, Louboutin, Jil Sander and Vestiaire Collection. Confirming the...

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Italian fast fashion group Imperial acquires majority stake in Swiss retailer Anouk

Imperial Spa has acquired a majority stake in the Basel-based women’s fashion retailer Anouk SA. The transaction was carried out by the formation of the new company Imperial Retail Switzerland AG. Additionally, the Italian fast-fashion group will expand its online presence by launching an e-store in Switzerland under the brand name Anouk. Franç...

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Roberto Cavalli acquired by Vision Investment

Vision Investment Co. LLC, the Dubai-based investment vehicle of millionaire Hussain Sajwani, owner of real estate developer Damac Properties Group, will acquire Italian luxury fashion brand Roberto Cavalli. This ends weeks of speculation that saw several potential buyers, among them German fashion designer Philipp Plein together with private...

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The Kooples buyout approved for Maus Frères

Swiss group Maus Frères, which owns brands including Lacoste, Aigle and Gant, has been approved by the Autorité de la concurrence, to buyout French ready-to-wear label The Kooples, which is currently owned by its founding owners. According to a press release from the Autorité de la concurrence, the decision was made on May 20 without any...

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Fosun may obtain full control of German fashion retailer Tom Tailor

China’s Fosun International Ltd may obtain full control of German fashion retailer Tom Tailor, in which the company currently holds a stake of about 29 percent. Fosun informed the European Commission on December 21 that it may passively obtain “de facto control” of the Hamburg-based retailer after attendance rates at past shareholder meetings...

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Germany’s two largest department stores get go-ahead for merger

The merger of the two largest department stores in Germany, Kaufhof and Karstadt, has been approved by The Federal Cartel Office, Germany's national competition regulator, after the office decided that there were no competition concerns in light of the growing importance of online commerce for consumers. ”We examined the project intensively....

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UK competition regulator refers Sainsbury Asda merger for phase 2 investigation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom confirmed Wednesday that the proposed merger between J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Ltd. is being referred for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. CMA noted that the deal raises sufficient concerns through its Phase 1 investigation for it to be referred for a more in-depth review....

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C&A fashion chain eyes sale to Chinese investors: report

The billionaire family that owns Dutch clothing retailer C&A is on the brink of selling the chain to Chinese investors, a German media report said Sunday. The deal is close to being finalised, Der Spiegel weekly said, citing "insider sources". C&A, founded in the Netherlands in 1841 by the German-Dutch Brenninkmeijer family, has over 1,500...

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Burberry says No to Coach’s numerous takeover offers

London - Those who were hoping to see a super merger of Burberry and Coach will be disappointed, as the British luxury fashion house is understood to have rebuffed numerous takeover offers from the US fashion company. Although the market value of the two fashion houses combined would have been more than 20 billion dollars, the money was not...