New Look announces full year results for the 53 weeks to 30th March 2013.New Look EBITDA jumps 29% driven by successful turnaround and 50% increase in online sales. Financial Highlights - Group Sales +2.5% to £1.48bn Group ...
Tags: Apparel, Look Group
Lyft, the ridesharing service known for its fleet of pink mustache-festooned cars, is eyeing international expansion supported by its biggest funding round yet. The company will be looking at entering new markets, including overseas, ...
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c, an international provider of proprietary nutritional supplements for health conscious consumers, has announced its foray into the Republic of Singapore. Bond Laboratories, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska, markets its products ...
Tags: Packaging Software, Agriculture
F&F, the clothing brand sold exclusively in the UK by Tesco, has announced plans to open more than fifty new franchise stores over the next five years in new markets across the Middle East and in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. ...
New York-based fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet and Asia's leading retail, brand management and distribution company ImagineX Group announced an exclusive strategic partnership to develop the brand in Greater China and ...
South African financial services group Sanlam has concluded the acquisition of a 49% stake in Malaysian niche short-term insurer, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad (POI), for nearly MYR270m ($89.m). Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM), ...
PLANO, Texas — Steven L. Pepper, retired president of Yum Brands Mexico, has joined the board of directors of rent-to-own retailer Rent-A-Center, the company announced. Pepper retired from Yum, an operator of fast-food restaurants, ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
New appointments to strengthen UK and international teams as Solarcentury expands to new markets. Bertrand Belben, Director of International Business Development – Bertrand joins Solarcentury as it embarks on a programme of ...
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Amazon.com is continuing the global expansion of its Appstore by announcing that developers can submit their apps for sale in another 200 countries around the world. The latest batch of countries include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, ...
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Fits.me announced total Series A investment in the company of close to £5 million. Series A investment has been subscribed by existing investor SmartCap, with new participation from Conor Venture Partners, Fostergate Holdings Limited ...
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and SMCP Group, a leading ready-to-wear affordable luxury apparel retailer, announced that KKR signed a definitive agreement with SMCP’s current shareholders to acquire a majority stake in the Company ...
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As a part of its international expansion and to grow even more within the fashion segment Lindex has recruited a new Head of Design. Nina Starck was recruited at the end of last year, and she most recently worked at H&M, where she was ...
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Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sealy Corporation. The Company also announced that it ...
ARCHDALE, N.C. — Tempur-Pedic's acquisition of Sealy will provide new opportunities for many employees of those two companies, their leaders say. They minimized talk of possible layoffs. "There will be opportunities for many ...
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In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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