Thursday, 7 January 2010

True Or False? Prada To Sell Minority Share To Richemont – 7/1/10


True – swears The New York Post.
False – says a Prada spokesperson.

We had a feeling of déjà vu as The New York Post revealed that Prada is close to closing a deal to sell a third of the company to Swiss luxury group Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. As we recall, the exact same rumour was denied by Prada last August (see the July 3 MO Down for details).

Both Bloomberg and Reuters have reported that Prada is not in talks with Richemont. The official word is that Prada “categorically denies the sale of a stake to Richemont. There are no negotiations in existence." But we do wonder why this rumour has reared its head again…
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