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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

Coach owner buys Versace parent company to create new US luxury fashion giant

Coach and Kate Spade owner Tapestry is to buy the company behind Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo, Capri Holdings, for $8.5 billion to create a new American luxury fashion giant.

Tapestry will pay $57 for each share of Capri, creating a business with global sales of more than $12 billion a year and annual profits of close to $2 billion.

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