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  • How Asos’ post-pandemic debt led it to sell Topshop

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    Three years after buying the British high street brands Topshop and Topman from Phillip Green’s collapsed Arcadia empire, Asos has said it will sell 75 per cent of its stake in the brands to a joint venture with Heartland. Asos bought the brands at a buoyant time for the company when its stock was near [...]

    Asos was Panmure Liberum's least preferred consumer stock of 2025
  • Asos sells Topshop and Topman into new joint venture with Heartland

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    Online clothing retailer Asos has launched a joint venture with Heartland, whereby Heartland will buy the Topshop and Topman brands from the firm. Asos bought the two brands, along with Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT, in 2021 from Philip Green’s collapsed Arcadia group for £265m (excluding stock). The joint venture will grant Asos “certain design [...]

    Asos will hold a 25 per cent stake in the joint venture

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