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Bestseller owner snaps up majority stake in Drake’s

Anders Holch Povlsen, the owner of Danish fashion giant Bestseller Group and the largest shareholder of e-commerce retailer Asos, has snapped up a majority stake in British menswear brand Drake’s. New Companies House filings have revealed that a 75 percent stake in Drake’s has been transferred to 28.10.2025 Limited, a firm overseen by Povlsen....

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Asos completes Topshop and Topman sale

British e-tailer Asos has announced the completion of its sale of the Topshop and Topman brands to Heartland A/S as part of a joint venture with the holding company. The Danish firm, via its subsidiary Aktieselskabet AF 24.8.2024, now holds a 75 percent interest in the joint venture, with Asos Holdings Limited retaining the remaining 25 percent....

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Asos sells majority stake in Topshop and Topman

Online retailer Asos has sold a majority stake in Topshop and Topman in a new joint venture deal with Heartland, the holding company representing the interests of the Holch Povlsen family and their family business Bestseller. The joint venture will grant Asos “certain design and distribution rights” for the Topshop and Topman brands in return...

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Bestseller’s solar power plant is now online

Financed by Heartland, the parent company of fashion retailer Bestseller, a 207 megawatt solar power plant is now on grid, supplying renewable energy to cover electricity consumption across the company. What is said to be Denmark’s and Northern Europe’s largest solar power plant, according to Heartland, will connect to the Euopean electricity...

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Bestseller invests in German fashion retailer About You

Heartland A/S, the investment company owned by Besteller A/S, has acquired a double-digit stake in the German e-commerce platform About You GmbH. The investment is part of a financing round of around 300 million US dollars (approximately 230 million pounds or 227 million euros). About You was founded in 2014 as a subsidiary of Otto Group, the...