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Vente-Privee acquires stake in SpinMe

London - French flash sales site Vente-Privee has acquired a stake in imaging and studio workflow technology specialist SpinMe. Vente-Privee is a longstanding client of SpinMe and uses the technology to display products in a way that allows customers to ‘pick up’ and view fashion items as they would in-store. The technology, which aims to...

Business

Amazon's competition pushes Vente-Privee.com to grown acquisitions pipeline

French flash sales site Vente-Privee.com SA is determined to speed up its acquisitions plan to remain ahead of close competitors such as Amazon.com Inc. “We have arrived at a phase of market growth where consolidation is logical and valuation multiples are rational,” founder Jacques-Antoine Granjon said in an interview with Bloomberg at...

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Vente-Privee to exit the US Market

Vente-Privee will be withdrawing from the US market, as American Express revealed it will be ending its joint venture with the French "flash sales" site by the end of this year. "American Express and Vente-Privee France have made a mutual decision to close Vente-Privee US by the end of the year," wrote American Express in a statement to Fortune....

Fashion

CEO Vente-Privée: 'This is just the beginning of e-commerce'

Walking into the headquarters of members-only retail club Vente-Privée one is immediately confronted with a large collection of modern art. A giant David Mach gorilla made from clothes hangers welcomes visitors upon entry. Further along the hall, the famous clown portraits by photographer Erwin Olaf grin down on employees, while Jane Greenberg's...

Fashion

Granjon: 'Smartphone will be magic wand of consumption'

Vente Privee is ten years old in November and is preparing to cross the Ocean thanks to an agreement with American Express. But, whilst waiting to take off towards New York’s JFK, by the end of the year, Jacques-Antoine Granjon’s creation is not losing sight of the brands and mobile commerce (which today reaches over 10% of turnover). The...

Fashion

Interview: Vente Privée about its USA launch

It may just be a coincidence that the French offices of Vente Privée, in Plaine Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, are situated on avenue du Président Wilson, a street dedicated to Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president of the United States, but it certainly is no coincidence nor was it a rash decision by the French company, after 10...