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KnitWell Group’s Talbots expands into Mexico

Apparel brand Talbots is expanding beyond the US and Canada for the first time as it enters Mexico through a new agreement with the country’s department store, Liverpool. Via the deal, Liverpool is set to open 10 Talbots shop-in-shop locations within its own stores in and around Mexico City this month. Each space will house a curated selection...

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Sycamore merges brands to form KnitWell Group

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners has formed a new holding company comprising apparel brands Ann Taylor, Loft and Talbots. Under the banner of KnitWell Group, the three labels generate more than three billion dollars in annual sales, positioning the group as one of the largest specialty apparel companies in the US, according to Sycamore....