<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest Talbots Inc industry news - from just-style.com</title><link>http://www.just-style.com/companies/talbots-inc_id31</link><description>Latest Talbots Inc industry news - from just-style.com</description><copyright>© 2013 All content copyright just-style.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:40 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>just-style.com - RSS feed</category><generator>just-style.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>US: Children's Place CFO Scarpa adds COO title</title><description>Children's wear retailer The Children's Place has appointed its chief financial officer Michael Scarpa to the additional post of chief operating officer.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/childrens-place-cfo-scarpa-adds-coo-title_id117649.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Body Central reshuffles merchandising team</title><description>US value apparel retailer Body Central has announced a series of executive appointments across its merchandising and e-commerce departments.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/body-central-reshuffles-merchandising-team_id117089.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Children's Place CFO Baginski resigns</title><description>Steven Baginski, chief financial officer of The Children's Place, is leaving the company to pursue other interests after just seven months in the role.
</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/childrens-place-cfo-baginski-resigns_id116255.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots' new owner names executive team</title><description>Sycamore Partners has completed the acquisition of troubled women's wear chain The Talbots and appointed a new executive management team.
</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-new-owner-names-executive-team_id115182.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Sycamore Partners completes Talbots buyout deal</title><description>The long-running buyout of women's wear retailer The Talbots Inc by Sycamore Partners is due to be completed later today (3 August) after the private equity firm said it now owns 83.6% of the company's shares.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/sycamore-partners-completes-talbots-buyout-deal_id115152.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Sycamore Partners extends offer deadline to buy Talbots</title><description>Private equity firm Sycamore Partners has extended the deadline of its offer to acquire US women's wear retailer Talbots for the second time in a month.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/sycamore-partners-extends-offer-deadline-to-buy-talbots_id115079.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Pension board won't oppose Talbots buyout</title><description>Talbots and Sycamore Partners have both said the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will not challenge the private equity firm's buyout of the women's wear retailer.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/pension-board-wont-oppose-talbots-buyout_id115009.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Sycamore Parters to acquire Talbots at lower price</title><description>Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is set to acquire troubled US women's wear retailer Talbots at a lower price than it had previously offered for the chain.
</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/sycamore-parters-to-acquire-talbots-at-lower-price_id114545.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots Q1 profits improve as Sycamore talks end</title><description>US women's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has reported improved first quarter results - as it revealed it has been unable to reach an agreement to sell the business to private-equity firm Sycamore partners.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-q1-profits-improve-as-sycamore-talks-end_id114504.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots extends talks with Sycamore Partners</title><description>US women wear chain Talbots has further extended takeover talks with private equity firm Sycamore Partners.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-extends-talks-with-sycamore-partners_id114470.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots and Sycamore Partners extend takeover talks</title><description>US women's wear retailer Talbots Inc has extended discussions with Sycamore Partners, while it considers a takeover bid from the private equity firm.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-and-sycamore-partners-extend-takeover-talks_id114376.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots receives sweetened Sycamore Partners offer</title><description>US women's wear chain Talbots has revealed it has received a second offer for the company from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which has increased its bid to US$3.05 per share.
</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-receives-sweetened-sycamore-partners-offer_id114286.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots sales to be hit by store closures</title><description>US women's wear retailer Talbots is forecasting further sales declines as it continues to shutter stores.
</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-sales-to-be-hit-by-store-closures_id114041.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots opens books to Sycamore Partners</title><description>Troubled US clothing retailer Talbots has agreed to open its books to private-equity firm Sycamore Partners after it rebuffed an offer for the company last month.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-opens-books-to-sycamore-partners_id113358.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots silent on "auction" reports</title><description>Women's wear retailer The Talbots is refusing to comment after the company's share price surged on reports that it had put itself up for sale.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-silent-on-auction-reports_id113282.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots says Sycamore bid "undervalues" company</title><description>Troubled US retailer Talbots today said that the unsolicited bid made for the company by private-equity firm Sycamore Partners was "inadequate" and "substantially undervalues the company".</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-says-sycamore-bid-undervalues-company_id113074.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top stories on just-style this week...</title><description>Top stories this week included the latest UK sales figures, a look at the troubles plaguing Talbots and forecasts suggesting that cotton production is set to decline next season.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/top-stories-on-just-style-this-week_id112985.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Private equity firm puts in takeover bid for Talbots</title><description>Struggling women's wear chain The Talbots Inc has received an unsolicited takeover bid from one of its leading shareholders, which says it is concerned by the company's "rapidly deteriorating performance."</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/private-equity-firm-puts-in-takeover-bid-for-talbots_id112964.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sullivan departs as Talbots nears the crossroads</title><description>The markets can be unforgiving to the point of brutality. Four years after she took the helm at troubled women's wear retailer The Talbots, the announcement of Trudy Sullivan's impending departure was greeted with a 6% rise in the company's share price - a welcome boost for a stock that has plunged by well over 80% in the past year.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/analysis/sullivan-departs-as-talbots-nears-the-crossroads_id112952.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Talbots seeks successor for CEO Sullivan</title><description>Troubled US women's wear retailer The Talbots has announced that it has begun to look for a successor for president and CEO Trudy Sullivan.</description><link>http://www.just-style.com/news/talbots-seeks-successor-for-ceo-sullivan_id112941.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=talbots-inc</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>