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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...

Business

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...