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Donna Karan Brand Sold For $650M

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This caps of a sometimes uneasy partnership – Donna Karan has publicly complained about LVMH’s stewardship of her brand since she retired officially last year. LVMH, on the other hand, reports they have actively looked for ways to revive the brand, mostly to no avail.

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Jeans Maker True Religion Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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Premium jeans brand True Religion has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in three years, according to court filings. True Religion was acquired for $824 million in 2013 by London-based capital investment firm TowerBrook Investment Partners, and ended up filing for bankruptcy in 2017.

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Groupon Gets New Activist Investor

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Merage and his company, MIG Capital , based in Newport Beach, California, disclosed the 5 percent stake in the eCommerce company, the reason for which was that the stock was “undervalued, and represented an attractive investment opportunity,” he said. Groupon was MIG Capital’s largest stake in a previous SEC filing.

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Best Buy’s Board Loses Former CEO

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In his place, corporate venture capital leader Claudia Fan Munce assumed his seat on the board as of Monday, though Anderson will remain with the retailer until its yearly shareholder conference in June. “I

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Cosi Files For Bankruptcy

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We believe this process will allow the company to right-size its balance sheet, reduce its debt and focus on improving the business and stabilizing the brand,” Bennett added. Cosi has been traded on the Nasdaq since 2002 and saw its share price peak at around $40 per share in 2006.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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The Connected Economy: It’s About Time

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Over the last decade, innovators have capitalized on the consumers’ growing desire to save time, using mobile devices and apps to create any number of ways to do that. Instead of sitting on hold to make an airline or hotel reservation, consumers can use online travel aggregators or branded apps to book and confirm their arrangements.