Hints and tips:
...HPS has already invested more than a third of the $17bn it plans to put to work, including loans to wireless provider Consumer Cellular and Authentic Brands, the company behind Brooks Brothers and Reebok...
...The brand, which delisted from the London stock market in 2022 after Authentic acquired it in a £211mn deal, will continue to trade online and in stores....
...Authentic Hendrix manages the licensing for merchandise, posters and collectibles – from clothing and homewares to guitar accessories, sold directly via their website....
...Woodhouse said Authentic would not repeat the mistakes of previous owners, which included overly focusing on the luxury sector and neglecting practical buyers....
...New York-based Authentic Brands subsequently bought the intellectual property of Hunter, best known for its Original Wellington boot, in a prepack administration deal....
...But I don’t think we should overcomplicate it; just be authentic. I don’t believe in introducing fancy words just to differentiate.”...
...The statement added that the deal would safeguard “the kind of authentic journalism and content creation that makes Vice such a trusted brand for young people and such a valued partner to brands, agencies...
...Is this experience the most authentic of all available experiences? And when participation is meant to be life-affirming, is it my fault that I’m bored?...
...Authentic Brands cautioned that it could not rule out store closures and headcount reductions at the company....
...In The Good Mixer pub, I happen across an authentic link to her Camden life....
...Led by Jamie Salter, Authentic has more than 6,000 stores....
...With more than $21bn of annual revenue and backing from large private equity groups such as CVC, Authentic would have had the financial capacity to acquire Ted Baker....
...Two years ago, OpenAI, a San Francisco-based research company, stunned the AI world by releasing GPT-3, a kind of turbocharged autocomplete function that generates unnervingly authentic text....
...The recordings Black secretly made will never be played in open court, and there will be no effort to establish whether the text messages are authentic....
...Sparc has more than 1,300 stores affiliated with Authentic’s brands such as Forever 21 and Aéropostale. In total, Sparc-related revenue already accounts for a tenth of Authentic’s turnover....
...At what point does a restored or reconstructed monument cease to be “authentic”?...
...Gabriel Caillaux, head of General Atlantic's business in Emea, described Gymshark as “authentic, disruptive and differentiated” as a brand....
...“While the current environment is clearly a difficult one for the hospitality industry, the desire to travel and have authentic experiences is fundamental and enduring,” Egon Durban, Silver Lake co-chief...
...“Everything is a lie, is fake, is performed, is acted out, is feigning, and yet the emotions that these unrealities and illusions create are authentic,” he tells me....
...(FT) News round-up US private equity group to buy Sophos for $3.9bn (FT + Lex) Saks owner joining Authentic Brands in nearly $270m for Barneys (WSJ) KKR buys majority stake in UK ‘altnet’ Hyperoptic...
...“The seafood was good, but some of it was too authentic for me,” he said. “I had some turtle, that was a little too much for me.”...
...“In general, when you have athletes or celebrities who come across as very authentic and very transparent, that tends to play very well on social media,” said Aaron Goldman, 4C chief marketing officer....
...By the time he was 20, Iovine had landed a job as an assistant at The Record Plant, a Manhattan studio where the Velvet Underground and Jimi Hendrix had recorded. “I was very insecure....
...Each piece bore an authentic Ndegeocello stamp, and most played out with a crisp and funky groove. Jebin Bruni’s jangly piano solo was an atmospheric highlight....
...Archive recordings are tricked out for posthumous release — this year witnessed the 60th Jimi Hendrix album to appear since his demise in 1970....
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