Wednesday, 20 January 2010

The Borletti Family To Invest In Ittierre SpA? – 20/1/10


The Borletti family are no strangers to the MO Down. We first mentioned them as potential buyers of Christian Lacroix (see our July 29 report), and now we’ve heard whispers from WWD that they are interested in acquiring Ittierre SpA.

The Borletti family are part owners of Italy's favourite department stores, Rinascente, and France's Printemps. Now, with the Ittierre bailout, we wonder if they are trying to build their profile to become a luxury and premium-end conglomerate, perhaps trying to rival LVMH and Richemont.

Let's hope this Italian group doesn't go the way of Prada when they started buying brands, Helmut Lang and Jil Sander namely, as it did quite honestly go pear shaped (or as you’d say in Italian: la pera ha modellato), with both brands being repurchased after business went downhill.

Anyway, that's another story as to the hows and whys of the acquisitions not working out. Needless to say we will watch with interest Borletti Group's future strategies.
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