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Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - March 2025
Posted: 28/03/2025
Luxury shoe designer Steve Madden recently announced that it is set to acquire British brand Kurt Geiger from private equity firm Cinven for approximately £289 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025. Edward Rosenfield (chair & CEO of Steve Madden) expressed his excitement for the deal, noting that Kurt......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - January 2025
Posted: 03/02/2025
Data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) painted a muted picture for the retail industry across the festive period, with sales growth of 4% year on year in the three months to December 2024, and total retail sales for the year increasing by a modest 0.7% from 2023. Helen Dickinson, chief executive at the BRC, said it was......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - November 2024
Posted: 03/12/2024
Labour’s Autumn Budget has had a muted reception from the retail sector, the general consensus being one of concern over the increased costs the industry will face. Of the main changes that will impact retailers, the employer National Insurance contribution will rise from 13.8% to 15%, and the threshold at which it applies will also drop from......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - October 2024
Posted: 31/10/2024
The owner of British luxury brand Mulberry has rejected a second acquisition offer from Frasers Group. Challice Limited, Mulberry’s majority shareholder holding a 56% stake, described the offer as an ‘unwanted distraction’ and said it had ‘no interest’ in selling its shares in the fashion brand to the retailer. The £111 million bid follows an earlier £83 million......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - September 2024
Posted: 30/09/2024
The Olympic and Paralympic Games were held in Paris this summer and, as predicted, saw a fusion between the worlds of sport and luxury fashion. French fashion group LVMH was described as ‘dominating’ the 2024 Games in a ‘multifaceted’ deal worth approximately USD $163 million that saw several of its ‘iconic Maisons’ taking on......>>

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