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Retail Asia12/10/2018

French Connection founder and CEO Stephen Marks plans to sell his remaining cornerstone stake in the fashion label. Sky News UK has reported Marks has engaged Numis Securities to approach prospective buyers for the 42 per cent stake in French Connection which he still holds. He founded the brand back in 1969. UK media is […]

Retail Asia26/10/2016

Shares in UK-based fashion retailer French Connection Group Plc rose more than 20 percent on Monday after a media report said overseas investors were looking to buy the lossmaking firm. The Telegraph newspaper had said on Saturday that interested buyers were thought to be a mix of European and U.S. private equity firms, as well […]

Retail Asia03/09/2016

The parent of the Pizza Hut business in the UK appears to be an unlikely bidder in the French Connection sale. Private equity company Rutland Partners is reported by the Sunday Times to have been in talks to buy the troubled UK fashion brand since early this year. French Connection, a decade ago infamous for […]

Retail Asia27/03/2015

UK fashion chain French Connection has reduced its full year loss as sales recover. FCUK has reported an £800,000 underlying operating loss for the year to January 31 – vastly better than the £4.4 million loss in the year to January 31, 2014. The retailer, once notorious for its casual fashion items bearing slogans with […]

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Stephen Marks mulls French Connection sale

Fashion retailer French Connection’s shares jump on takeover hopes

Pizza Hut parent eyes French Connection sale

French Connection on comeback trail