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Report: Global Fashion Group Preparing IPO

The e-commerce group has already mandated investment banks to prepare for a possible listing in March, say sources.

News & Analysis

Report: Global Fashion Group Preparing IPO

The e-commerce group has already mandated investment banks to prepare for a possible listing in March, say sources.


Global Markets

Can Global Fashion Group Shed Its Turbulent Past and Become Profitable?

After a slew of challenges, the ex-Rocket Internet fashion e-commerce subsidiary is taking a more pragmatic view on the future.

Global Markets

Can Global Fashion Group Shed Its Turbulent Past and Become Profitable?

After a slew of challenges, the ex-Rocket Internet fashion e-commerce subsidiary is taking a more pragmatic view on the future.


Global Markets

Rocket's Global Fashion Cuts Losses Despite Tough Markets

The fashion retailer reined in losses in the fourth quarter as it increased efficiency across its regions despite tough economic conditions.

Global Markets

Rocket's Global Fashion Cuts Losses Despite Tough Markets

The fashion retailer reined in losses in the fourth quarter as it increased efficiency across its regions despite tough economic conditions.


News & Analysis

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

The number of fashion start-ups reaching billion-dollar valuations has dropped off in 2016. BoF examines why fashion 'unicorns' have become an endangered species.

News & Analysis

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

The number of fashion start-ups reaching billion-dollar valuations has dropped off in 2016. BoF examines why fashion 'unicorns' have become an endangered species.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Flipkart Buys Jabong, Dollar Shave Club $1bn Sale

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Flipkart Buys Jabong, Dollar Shave Club $1bn Sale

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Technology

Rocket Internet-Backed Global Fashion Group Raises $364 Million

Rocket Internet SE, Germany’s highest-profile startup investor, contributed 68 million euros to a 330-million-euro funding round for its startup Global Fashion Group, completing a deal first announced in April.

Technology

Rocket Internet-Backed Global Fashion Group Raises $364 Million

Rocket Internet SE, Germany’s highest-profile startup investor, contributed 68 million euros to a 330-million-euro funding round for its startup Global Fashion Group, completing a deal first announced in April.


Financial Markets

Kinnevik Directors Exit Rocket Board in Sign of Fraying Alliance

Investment AB Kinnevik pulled its two directors from the supervisory board of Rocket Internet SE, the latest sign of growing friction between two companies that have co-invested in European and emerging market startups for several years.

Financial Markets

Kinnevik Directors Exit Rocket Board in Sign of Fraying Alliance

Investment AB Kinnevik pulled its two directors from the supervisory board of Rocket Internet SE, the latest sign of growing friction between two companies that have co-invested in European and emerging market startups for several years.


Technology

Rocket Internet Drops as Fashion Unit Raises Cash at Lower Value

Rocket Internet SE fell as much as 8.3 percent in Frankfurt after a funding round by the startup investor’s Global Fashion Group valued the online retailer at less than half of what it was worth a year ago.

Technology

Rocket Internet Drops as Fashion Unit Raises Cash at Lower Value

Rocket Internet SE fell as much as 8.3 percent in Frankfurt after a funding round by the startup investor’s Global Fashion Group valued the online retailer at less than half of what it was worth a year ago.


Financial Markets

Rocket Internet Says Portfolio Value up 47 Percent from IPO

Germany's Rocket Internet said the last portfolio value of its stable of e-commerce investments had risen by 2.3 billion euros ($2.5 billion), or 47 percent, by the end of June from its stock flotation nine months ago.

Financial Markets

Rocket Internet Says Portfolio Value up 47 Percent from IPO

Germany's Rocket Internet said the last portfolio value of its stable of e-commerce investments had risen by 2.3 billion euros ($2.5 billion), or 47 percent, by the end of June from its stock flotation nine months ago.


Retail

Malte Huffmann of Dafiti on Cracking Fashion E-Commerce in Latin America

In the latest instalment of Founder Stories, Malte Huffmann of Rocket Internet-backed Dafiti talks to Vikram Alexei Kansara about building the biggest fashion e-commerce player in Latin America.

Retail

Malte Huffmann of Dafiti on Cracking Fashion E-Commerce in Latin America

In the latest instalment of Founder Stories, Malte Huffmann of Rocket Internet-backed Dafiti talks to Vikram Alexei Kansara about building the biggest fashion e-commerce player in Latin America.