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Simon Sells Off Authentic Brands Group Stake, Will Put up No Capital for Express

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Simon Property Group , is making some shifts in its “side hustle” as a brand owner. On an earnings call discussing its Q1 2024 results, CEO David Simon shared that the company had sold its remaining stake in brand management firm Authentic Brands Group for $1.2 The biggest mall owner in the U.S.,

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Bluestar Alliance Buys Scotch & Soda’s U.S. Business

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An affiliate of brand management company Bluestar Alliance has purchased the U.S.-based based wholesale and retail business assets of the Scotch & Soda brand, which will allow its products to be sold in retail stores across the country. The Bluestar portfolio includes brands such as Brookstone, Bebe, Limited Too and Hurley.

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Authentic Brands, Owner of Forever 21 and JCPenney, Files for IPO

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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) — which has made a name for itself by scooping up bankrupt retail brands such as Forever 21 , JCPenney , Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers and bringing them back to life through licensing — is planning to go public. In June 2020, ABG also bought fellow brand management company PVH Corp. ’s

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Toys ‘R’ Us to Add 30 New UK Shop-in-Shops via Expanded Partnership with WHSmith

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A little less than one year after Toys ‘R’ Us made its return to the world of UK brick-and-mortar via nine shop-in-shops in WHSmith stores, TRU parent company WHP Global has announced plans to expand the partnership and add 30 new locations by this summer.

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WHP Looks Beyond Toys ‘R’ Us with $375M Investment from Ares

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Brand management firm WHP Global has received a $375 million equity investment from funds managed by the private equity group of Ares Management Corporation to fuel its next wave of brand acquisitions. The transaction values WHP at $1.6 this summer.

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Babies ‘R’ Us Makes its Return to Brick-and-Mortar, Setting the Stage for National Expansion

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(Photo credit: WHP Global) The return of Babies ‘R’ Us to brick-and-mortar is the work of brand management firm WHP Global , alongside American Dream itself, which is the actual operator of the store. Since that time, WHP’s revival efforts have primarily focused on Toys ‘R’ Us, with the opening of that brand’s U.S.

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New Babies ‘R’ Us Flagship at American Dream will ‘Set the Stage’ for National Rollout

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The store will be located at the American Dream mall in New Jersey, alongside the flagship of sister brand Toys ‘R’ Us , which opened there in December 2021. stores, the Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us brands passed through a number of hands before being acquired by current owner, brand management firm WHP Global , in March 2021.

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