AUSTRALIA: Just Jeans To Acquire Retailer Portmans
The first acquisition for newly privatised Australian clothing retailer Just Jeans Group Ltd is the women's apparel group Portmans. Portmans has 86 women's clothing stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, and according to Just Jeans managing director Howard McDonald, will provide "an excellent fit for the group as it has a strong brand name with a unique position in the women's apparel market."