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US: Talbots and Sycamore Partners extend takeover talks
16 May 2012
US women's wear retailer Talbots Inc has extended discussions with Sycamore Partners, while it considers a takeover bid from the private equity firm.
US: Talbots receives sweetened Sycamore Partners offer
8 May 2012
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.
US: Talbots sales to be hit by store closures
13 April 2012
US women's wear retailer Talbots is forecasting further sales declines as it continues to shutter stores.
US: Talbots opens books to Sycamore Partners
31 January 2012
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.
US: Talbots silent on “auction” reports
23 January 2012
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.
US: Talbots says Sycamore bid "undervalues" company
20 December 2011
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".
Top stories on just-style this week...
9 December 2011
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.
US: Private equity firm puts in takeover bid for Talbots
7 December 2011
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."
Sullivan departs as Talbots nears the crossroads
6 December 2011
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.
US: Talbots seeks successor for CEO Sullivan
5 December 2011
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.
US: Talbots plans job cuts as it swings to Q3 loss
1 December 2011
Troubled women's wear retailer Talbots is to cut 9% of its corporate headcount on top of 110 store closures already planned by 2013, after swinging to a third-quarter loss.
UK: Dawson H1 profit slumps amid rising cashmere costs
1 December 2011
First-half profit at cashmere and knitwear specialist Dawson International Plc has more than halved after margins continue to be hurt by higher raw material prices.
US: The Talbots slides to Q2 loss
8 September 2011
Beleaguered women’s wear retailer The Talbots slid to a second quarter loss thanks to double-digit falls in comparable store sales – and expects further declines in the next three months.
US: Talbots dismisses chief creative officer
7 September 2011
Women's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has parted company with its chief creative officer Michael Smaldone after swinging to a second quarter loss on falling sales.
US: J Jill appoints Edmonds to board
25 August 2011
Plus-sized clothing retailer J Jill has appointed Scott Edmonds, the former chairman and CEO of Chico's FAS, to its board of directors.
Top stories on just-style this week...
5 August 2011
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US: The Talbots deters takeover with “poison pill”
4 August 2011
Women’s apparel retailer The Talbots has moved to defend itself against a potential takeover by adopting a “poison pill” stockholder rights plan.
Speaking with style: Dr Harry Lee, CEO of TAL Apparel
26 July 2011
TAL Apparel, one of the world's leading garment suppliers, has turned the threat of inflation across the supply chain into an opportunity to do things differently. Here CEO Dr Harry Lee tells just-style how the Hong Kong based firm's long-time focus on efficiency, sustainable development, and added value is helping to combat rising costs and set it apart from the competition.
US: The Talbots to close stores after tough Q1
8 June 2011
Retailer The Talbots saw underlying net profit fall strongly in the first quarter, battered by a revenue decline and a 7.7% slump in comparable store sales.
US: Talbots widens fourth quarter loss
28 March 2011
US retailer The Talbots has reported a wider loss for the fourth quarter of the year, but improved profitability over the fiscal year as a whole.
Top stories on just-style this week...
18 March 2011
Here is a roundup of the top five most-read articles on just-style this week. Click on each headline for the full story.
US: J Jill sold again to Arcapita
17 March 2011
Women’s apparel retailer J Jill is to be sold to Arcapita Bank by private equity group Golden Gate Capital – the third time the business has changed hands in five years.
US: Talbots' stores boss resigns
11 February 2011
US apparel retailer The Talbots has announced that its executive vice president and chief stores officer, John Fiske, is to leave the company.
just-style management briefing: Supply chains need to get creative
2 February 2011
Faced with rising apparel costs and the likelihood that 2011 will be a perfect storm of pricing uncertainty - or what Mike Todaro, managing director of AAPN (the American Apparel Producers' Network) describes as "death by a thousand costs" - what can apparel manufacturers, brands and retailers do to try to alleviate some of the pain within their supply chains?
US: Talbots reports Q4 sales dip
12 January 2011
US apparel retailer Talbots has announced its quarter-to-date top line sales are down approximately 7% versus the fourth quarter of last year.
US: The Talbots improves Q3 profit
8 December 2010
US women's wear retailer The Talbots has reported a Q3 net income of $17m, compared with $14.6m in the same period last year.
US: Technology to help Talbots with store allocations
12 November 2010
Women’s wear retailer The Talbots Inc has selected JDA Allocation software to optimise product allocations at its 580 stores in the US and Canada.
US: Talbots outlines three-year growth plan
5 October 2010
US fashion chain The Talbots is to target top-line sales growth of 4% to 6% between 2010 and 2013, as part of a strategic review being announced today (5 October).
US: Talbots posts Q2 profit
9 September 2010
US retailer The Talbots has reported a net profit of US$941,000, compared to a loss last year, on the back of stronger margins.
JAPAN: Aeon posts stronger Q1 results
7 July 2010
Japan's second-largest retailer Aeon more than doubled its operating profit in the first quarter, boosted by the sale of its stake in US clothing chain Talbots.
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