AUSTRALIA: Billabong to shut stores despite TPG bid
Author: Petah Marian | 17 February 2012
Surfwear company Billabong today (17 February) confirmed it has received a bid from buyout firm TPG Capital - and is set to close as many as 150 stores amid falling first-half profits.
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