IPO

Fans of Canadian retailer Aritzia are about to have access to more than a chic wardrobe—the women’s fashion brand filed for a Toronto IPO yesterday.

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J. Crew might be one step closer to an IPO, as Japan’s Fast Retailing Co Ltd has decided not to purchase the retailer following weeks of discussions. As for why the sale didn’t get completed? J. Crew’s $5 billion price tag was a bit too high for Fast Retailing. That hefty number was calculated by multiplying the label’s earnings by 13.5, before items like interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization are factored in. Fast Retailing is the parent company of brands like Theory, J Brand, and Uniqlo, the latter of which is currently on a quest towards further global expansion. J. Crew currently has 451 stores, most of which are stateside, but they have been slowly expanding internationally with a handful of Canadian locations and three shops in the U.K.

Jimmy Choo is the latest fashion company to reportedly be investigating an IPO. The haute shoe powerhouse for the well-heeled could be set to be ready for an IPO in the next 12 months with a market valuation of $1.66 billion according to WWD. It has also been said that Jimmy Choo’s parent company Labelux has been meeting with investment bankers to discuss a partial IPO and that other options like floating a minority stake are also being considered.

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Look for the symbol VNCE the next time you see a stock ticker for the New York Stock Exchange, because Vince is officially a public brand. Entering the market on a strong note, Vince’s 10 million shares raked in $20 each, raising $200 million for the brand on Thursday night. Already reaching a dollar above the original estimated range, the share price rose as high as $30.48 on Friday morning, before closing for the day at $28.66. The IPO has been oft-discussed for nearly a year, and is the first apparel brand to go public in the U.S. since Michael Kors went the IPO route two years ago.

Following months of speculation that apparel conglomerate Kellwood Co. was preparing contemporary clothing brand Vince for an IPO, an official announcement has finally confirmed that the company plans to go public. Kellwood Co. purchased the brand in 2006, and is affiliated with Sun Capital Partners, Inc.; their high–end clothing subsidiary is named Apparel Holding Corp, but not for long. When the corporation filed their registration with the Securities and Exchange committee to go public, they also mentioned that they would be renamed Vince Holding Corp.