Top Blogs of 2013: Gucci Acquires Fabbrica Quadranti to Expand Watch Business
According to Women’s Wear Daily, luxury brand, Gucci Timepieces & Jewelry has acquired Swiss-based company, Fabbrica Quadranti. An agreement between the Florentine company and Marco and Michela...
View ArticleShopIntegrator Upgrades its Checkout Allowing Stores to Expand into European...
ShopIntegrator, and online platform that builds online stores has many different attributes to enhancing the performance and ability for its users. From designing a website, to processing payments, the...
View ArticleBrand Licensing Europe Partners With SMMEX for Marketing Exhibition
Brand Licensing Europe recently announced partnering with SMMEX, a sports merchandise and marketing exhibition, to bring together two market leading shows and provide new opportunities for attendees to...
View Article‘Tis the Season for Easy Online Shopping in the UK
When the holiday season hits, it seems like everyone upgrades in some way, be it New Year’s resolutions, new and better savings from stores, new holiday house decor – the holidays just seem to spark a...
View ArticleTripwire Inc’s Survey Reveals Security for UK Mobile Shoppers, Are They Safe?
Tripwire Inc. recently conducted a new survey looking at the attitudes of 1,000 UK consumers and revealed that despite a huge increase in mobile shopping, shoppers do not have security in place to...
View ArticleModa Operandi Launches Trunkshows for Russia’s Most Promising Designers
Moda Operandi, the first online luxury retailer to give customers complete access to full collections by top-name designers months before they are available anywhere else, launched trunkshows featuring...
View ArticleChanel Prepares for the Future with the Acquisition of French tannery...
Photo Credit: katyauk.com With counterfeit issues and a lost in quality, luxury brands are doing everything they can to keep consumers lusting for more. So, how can they stay relevant while, still...
View ArticleL’Oréal Finalizes Acquisition of Men’s Skincare Brand NICKEL
A couple of months ago, it was reported that L’Oreal signed a deal to acquire men’s skincare brand NICKEL. It was also reported that Inter Parfums had countersigned a final letter of offer for the...
View ArticleMoncler IPO Heats Up!!
Just last week, we reported that Italian outerwear brand Moncler was looking to raise their public share sale. Well, just when we thought that things couldn’t get any better for the brand they did!...
View ArticleMoncler Aims to Raise Public Share Sale
According to Rueters, Italian Outerwear Company Moncler is seeking to raise as much as 785 million euros ($1.06 billion) in a public share sale, term sheets showed on Wednesday. The size of the goose...
View ArticleCoresystems Collects Series A Funding, Works to Help Businesses With Growing...
Today, coresystems, the mobile cloud field service company announced that it has raised 14 million Swiss Francs ($15.5 million, £9.6 million, €11.3 million) in its first round of funding (Series A)...
View ArticleVelti Sells Mobile Marketing Businesses to GSO Capital Partners
Velti plc, a leading global provider of mobile marketing and advertising technology, announced today that it has agreed to sell its U.S., U.K., and India mobile marketing businesses and certain of its...
View ArticleTrustev Grabs $3M in Funding
Irish startup Trustev has announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round to finance the further development of its groundbreaking e-commerce security and online fraud protection technology....
View ArticleEyewear Company Marcolin Acquires Viva International
Marcolin SpA and its affiliates backed by leading European private equity firm PAI Partners together with HVHC Inc., the holding company for Visionworks of America, Inc., Davis Vision, Inc. and Viva...
View ArticlePermira Acquires Dr Martens’ Parent Company, Nurtures Management Team
Dr Martens, the iconic British footwear brand, announces today that an investment vehicle backed by the Permira Funds has agreed to acquire R Griggs Group Limited, the parent company and licensee in...
View ArticleLynx Equity Acquires JewelPop Inc. and Lotus Imports Limited
Lynx Equity Limited recently announced that it has acquired Canada based JewelPop Inc. and Lotus Imports Limited. Founded in 2007, the Jewelry company consists of different designers, importers and...
View ArticleBritish Brand Wool and the Gang Gets Backing from Forward Investment Partners
Forward Investment Partners, the venture capital fund of Forward Internet Group, is pleased to announce its investment in innovative fashion knitwear brand Wool and the Gang. Forward participated in...
View ArticleFashion Accessories Company Boticca Acquires L’Atelier De La Mode, Extends...
Boticca, the world’s luxury bazaar of fashion accessories, has announced its acquisition of L’Atelier De La Mode, a leading Paris-based fashion designer marketplace. This transaction will allow Boticca...
View ArticleLVMH Adds to Its “Continually” Growing Portfolio with the Acquisition of J....
Today, LVMH announces an agreement with designer Jonathan Anderson for the development of his London-based J.W. Anderson brand. He remains the majority shareholder of the company. Pierre-Yves Roussel,...
View ArticleJean Machine Announces New Partnership with Missoni
Jean Machine recently announced their partnership with Missoni. Missoni, an Italian fashion house and Jean Machine a British brand, the two coming together will be something to look forward to. Both...
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