UK: Burberry buys Chinese retail operations for GBP70m
Author: just-style.com | 16 July 2010
Luxury goods firm Burberry Group Plc is to buy out its franchise partner in China for GBP70m (US$107.7m) in a move intended to pave the way for its expansion in the Chinese market.
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