Case Studies - Retail
Jewellery group who own Mappin & Webb, Goldsmiths and Watches of Switzerland.
Aurum was formerly backed by the failed Icelandic investor Baugur, whose 38% stake was taken up by nationalised bank Landsbanki. The jewellery market being very capital ...Read
Era is the holding company for two retail chains (Beatties & Tecno) with approximately 100 shops and three distribution businesses (Richard Kohnstam, A S Royston and Leisuretime Products), turnover of £75m, employing 650.
The Group had incurred losses of £13.3m for ...Read
A branded sports apparel and footwear distributor / retailer formed in March 2008 with operations in EMEA, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Vietnam. The group has licences for Fila, Ocean Pacific and Starter. In the last year the group has a turnover of €120m.
The group ...Read
Lambert Howarth Group sourced footwear, accessories and homeware products for retailers from its bases in the UK, Hong Kong, China, USA, Vietnam and Spain. It was predominately a supplier into M&S. The Group had been cash rich and had in place unsecured facilities with ...Read
PNC was a quoted business that had grown by acquisition and had interests in both fixed line and mobile telecommunications. With a turnover of £65m, it employed 400 people operating from 50 retail stores and 4 other premises.
New credit lines were secured and the two ...Read
In the Autumn of 2008, we were approached by the major investor in a family business to advise on restructuring to survive the difficult trading conditions ahead. The business, a struggling retailer operating in both the UK and Eire, had a mixture of own stores and ...Read
Private Equity backed £20m turnover mail order retailer of ladies apparel which operates under the brand names of Artigiano and Spirito. The company had been in trading difficulties for a couple of years and was refinanced in September 2008 and then, despite successful ...Read
Tottenham had floated with the aim of becoming a broadly based leisure business and embarked on a series of acquisitions. The acquisitions had not been integrated and though they performed well during the “earn out” period, thereafter earnings collapsed. Substantial losses ...Read