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Everything you need to know about: IKKS

Boasting natural and authentic styles and urban casual silhouettes, IKKS succeeded in rapidly becoming a major middle/high-end brand on the French market. Today it counts 2,000 selling points throughout 40 countries (including 240 brand stores). Origins IKKS was first and foremost a children clothing brand launched by Gérard Le Goff in 1987. It...

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French label IKKS expands childrenswear line to China

French label IKKS has partnered with Fung Kids Limited, an associated company of the Hong Kong group Fung Retailing Limited, and opened four brick-and-mortar stores in Shanghai and Beijing. The news comes as part of IKKS Group’s plans to expand into the Chinese market. Pierre-André Cauche, CEO of the IKKS Group, said in a statement: “Developing...

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IKKS chief executive talks debut UK store

London’s South Molton Street, just off Oxford Street, is becoming an unofficial French quarter of fashion retailing, the area already boasts contemporary brands including Maje, Sandro, Gerard Darel, Claudie Pierrot, Comptoir des Cotonniers, and Zadig and Voltaire, and now there’s a new French label making its debut, IKKS, with the opening of its...

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Green light for LBO’s acquisition of IKKS

French investment fund LBO has got the green lights to move on with the acquisition of fashion brand IKKS. The European Court of Competence approved the transaction on June 17. The European Commission said on June 17 that it had given the green light to the acquisition of ready-to-wear fashion group IKKS by the capital investment company LBO...