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Fifth & Pacific sells Lucky Brand to Leonard Green

Fifth & Pacific Companies has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Lucky Brand Jeans to an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners. Fifth & Pacific Companies will enter into a Transition Services Agreement (TSA) with Lucky Brand Jeans in order to support the transferred business while the new owner creates a standalone infrastructure. The...

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Leonard Green: setting ground for retail M&A

Retail M&A interest resurfaced in 2010, with Leonard Green, an equity firm based in LA, as the main character so far: its buyout offers for J.Crew and Jo-Ann Stores started to draft the coming operations within the sector. It appears to be that the private-equity buyouts of J.Crew, Gymboree and, most recently, Jo-Ann Stores, have triggered...