Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

November 25, 2019

Luxury Giant LVMH to Buy Tiffany for $16.2 Billion

HONG KONG — LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods company, said on Monday that it would buy the jeweler Tiffany & Company […]
November 19, 2019

The Metaphysics of Kylie Cosmetics Being Sold to Coty

On Monday, Kylie Jenner sold 51 percent of her cosmetics and skin care brand to Coty for $600 million, a price tag that values the enterprise […]
November 5, 2019

Barneys Is Sold for Scrap, Ending an Era

For decades, Barneys New York epitomized a certain kind of aspirational Manhattan cool. It matched the city’s soaring skyscrapers in its ambition, unapologetic ego and raised-eyebrow […]
January 22, 2018

Richemont Makes $3.4 Billion Offer to Take Over Yoox Net-a-Porter

Advertisement Competition has been intensifying in the high-end online retail sector. Now, one traditional luxury group is joining the fray. Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss company […]
August 7, 2017

On the Runway: Walmart Heirs Snap Up Rapha, the British Bikewear Brand

Elizabeth Paton ON THE RUNWAY LONDON — Rapha, the upmarket British bikewear brand credited with bringing fashionable as well as functional garments to the booming cycling […]
April 24, 2017

On the Runway: Jimmy Choo on the Block as Owner Trades Luxury for Coffee

On the Runway By VANESSA FRIEDMAN and CHAD BRAY Is coffee a better business than fashion? The Reimann family, the reclusive German consumer goods billionaires who […]