All Moss Bros articles – Page 10

  • News

    Supplier eyes Baugur's Moss Bros stake

    2008-04-21T08:28:01Z

    The Moss Bros founding families are hoping that one of its biggest suppliers, the tailor Berwin & Berwin, will buy Baugur’s 29 per cent stake in the retailer to effectively scupper the Icelandic investor’s planned 40 million acquisition of the menswear company, according to The Daily Telegraph .

  • News

    Baugur ‘in the mood’ to buy Moss Bros

    2008-04-10T09:01:57Z

    Baugur executive chairman J n sgeir J hannesson has said the investor is still looking to buy menswear retailer Moss Bros, after dismissing an approach to sell its 29 per cent stake.

  • News

    Moss Bros mystery investor revealed

    2008-04-09T08:33:59Z

    A mystery investor in Moss Bros has been identified as property and retail trader Paul Singh.

  • News

    Debenhams considered Moss Bros bid

    2008-04-07T10:03:18Z

    Debenhams has held secret talks about a potential bid for Moss Bros, according to The Sunday Times .

  • Opinion

    Moss Bros could be a late developer

    2008-04-03T12:41:37Z

    The Mothercare that released its fourth-quarter results this morning is a far cry from the mess that chief executive Ben Gordon inherited in 2002.

  • News

    Moss Bros enters the red

    2008-04-03T08:44:39Z

    Moss Bros has gone in to the red after notching up pre-tax losses of 1.4 million for the year to January 26.

  • News

    Greenwoods boss rules out Moss bid

    2008-04-02T09:02:28Z

    John Hanson, the head of menswear chain Greenwoods, has ruled himself out of the race for embattled rival chain Moss Bros.

  • News

    Mystery investor buys stake in Moss Bros

    2008-03-28T11:22:02Z

    A mystery investor has bought a stake of almost 8 per cent in Moss Bros as the plot surrounding the embattled menswear chain thickens.

  • News

    Laura Ashley ups stake in Moss Bros

    2008-03-26T08:51:48Z

    Laura Ashley raised its stake in troubled menswear retailer Moss Bros yesterday for the fifth time this month.

  • Analysis

    Keep it in the family

    2008-03-05T14:36:32Z

    Baugur’s bid for Moss Bros last week has sparked a bitter war of words over the retailer’s future. As the battle hots up, Lisa Berwin looks at what lies ahead for the venerable brand

  • Opinion

    Moss Bros in no-man’s land

    2008-03-05T14:04:54Z

    Sometimes, a picture says more than any words ever could. And the photograph of the Moss Bros store on Oxford Street on page 18, taken this Monday, just screams desperation.

  • News

    Moss Bros shares spike as offer from Baugur fuels investor fight

    2008-03-05T12:40:00Z

    Menswear retailer Moss Bros was the week’s biggest riser as a bad-tempered battle for control raged. Members of the founding families, the board and associates of potential buyer Baugur all laid into each other, which can hardly be helping store performance.

  • News

    Gee family strikes back at McCarthy in Moss Bros war

    2008-03-05T12:31:02Z

    Moss Bros director Rowland Gee has hit back at comments made by fellow board member Don McCarthy about family involvement in the business.

  • News

    McCarthy hits out as Baugur bids for Moss

    2008-02-28T14:46:09Z

    Moss Bros non-executive director and Baugur board member Don McCarthy has outlined the Icelandic investor’s plans for the retailer if its takeover succeeds.

  • Opinion

    Decision day looms for Moss

    2008-02-28T12:15:19Z

    Baugur’s 42p-a-share offer for Moss Bros may have split the retailer’s board and shareholders, but should be welcomed.

  • Opinion

    Cross Bros

    2008-02-28T12:13:00Z

    There have been more than a few cross words exchanged at Moss Bros this week.

  • News

    Laura Ashley wooed for Moss Bros bid

    2008-02-28T09:32:01Z

    Fashion-to-furnishings retailer Laura Ashley has been approached by a Moss Bros shareholder to lend its weight to a counterbid to Baugur’s 40 million indicative offer for the retailer, according to reports.

  • News

    Moss Bros shareholder to launch rival bid

    2008-02-27T08:49:00Z

    A private shareholder is poised to launch a rival takeover bid for Moss Bros in competition with Icelandic investor Baugur.

  • News

    Baugur makes move on Moss Bros

    2008-02-25T12:39:20Z

    Moss Bros has received a provisional take over offer from Baugur as the menswear retailer issues another profit warning.

  • News

    Moss Bros buys software to aid IT best practice

    2007-12-19T11:44:28Z

    Moss Bros has invested in EasyVista software to manage its IT hardware across 170 sites.