Consumer
UK - Exponent acquires Radley handbags from Phoenix in £130m deal
Exponent Private Equity has acquired Radley + Co, the ladies handbag and accessories brand, from Phoenix Private Equity in a ТЃ130m secondary buyout deal. Radley + Coтs revenues are expected to exceed ТЃ60m in the year to end of April 2008 and have increased...
UK - Gresham completes fourth deal in two months
Gresham Private Equity has completed its fourth deal in two months. Gresham has invested ТЃ21m in Hotter Shoes, a Lancashire-based manufacturer and multi-channel retailer of shoes. Hotter generates sales of ТЃ38m per year and aims to double its turnover...
BENELUX - 3i Benelux makes two appointments to advisory board
3i Benelux has announced the appointment of Marc van Gelder and Marcel van Poecke to its advisory board. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, the former Minister of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands, had joined the advisory board in February. Van Gelder and van...
UK - YFM leads £630,000 BeCheeky investment
YFM Group has led an investment of ТЃ630,000 into BeCheeky.com, a specialist retailer of hard-to-find and selected mainstream lingerie.
UK - Warburg Pincus sells LMG for £368m
Warburg Pincus has sold LMG, the owner and operator of the Nectar programme, to Aeroplan for a total consideration of ТЃ368m. Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Aeroplan is a leading loyalty marketing agency in Canada.