BEBE news and archive

Bebe taps Ciara for Fall 2024 capsule collection

San-Francisco-based fashion label bebe is set to collaborate with award-winning singer/songwriter and entrepreneur Ciara for a special capsule collection for Fall 2024. Serving as the face of the campaign for bebe x Ciara, as well as the creative director, Ciara is set to mix her unique sense of style with bebe's contemporary take on fashion to...

Business

B. Riley increases holding of womenswear label Bebe

Financial services platform B. Riley Financial has snapped up 3.7 million shares of common stock of Bebe Stores, a womenswear label founded by Manny Mashouf. The firm forked out five dollars per share for a total purchase price of 18.5 million dollars from Mashouf himself, bringing its total ownership of the brand to 76 percent. It comes as...

Business

Bebe Stores acquires 47 franchise locations from Franchise Group

Bebe Stores Inc, a global specialty licensor of women’s apparel and accessories, has announced it has acquired 47 Buddy’s Home Furnishings rent-to-own franchises from Franchise Group for 35 million dollars. Bebe said the deal also grants it the rights “to build additional franchises in protected geographies throughout the Southeastern United...

Business

Global Brands Group to re-launch Bebe Stores an e-commerce platform

The fashion group announced its new partnership over the weekend, advancing that the deal inked between Global Brands Group Holding Limited and Bebe Stores, Inc. (BEBE) is meant to re-launch Bebe Stores' e-commerce platform as well as its international brick-and-mortar stores. The partnership will be directed towards expanding the company's...

Design

Bebe Stores shakes its Board of Directors

Bebe Stores inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE) announced Tuesday a reshuffle of its Board of Directors, with Seth Johnson,Blair Lambert and Brett Brewer replacing Caden Wang, Barbara Bass and Cynthia Cohen, effective immediately. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are excited to welcome Seth, Blair, and Brett to the team. They add a wealth of retail...

Fashion

Revenue slips at Bebe Stores, which flirts with sale

Revenue for the fiscal second quarter slipped at Bebe Stores Inc. by 4.1 percent, getting the industry talking about the fashion retailer allegedly looking for private investors. The womenswear chain reported revenue for the quarter of 135.5 million dollars, ahead of the consensus estimate of 121.29 million dollars. Steve Birkhold, Chief...

Design

Bebe stores Q4 retail sales down 8.5 percent

REPORT_ For the fourth fiscal quarter, Bebe stores retail sales fell by 8.5 percent compared to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012. Comparable store sales for the fiscal quarter decreased 7.1 percent compared to a decrease of 2.5 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter of the prior year. Retail sales for the fiscal year showed a decrease of 8.6...

Fashion

Pussycat Dolls lingerie line at Bebe

Bebe Stores Inc., maker of specialty apparel, is launching a new lingerie line with the musical group Pussycat Dolls. The first collection from the line 'Pussycat Dolls Shhh.by Robin Antin' will be sold at Bebe stores and online at the company's website www.bebe.com, as well as at Fred Segal in Los Angeles and the La Sensa lingerie chain in...