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...particularly keen on the sound of the electric sauna boat excursions into the scenic island-dotted upper reaches of the Oslofjord. sommerrohouse.com, from £225 Retreat to the winelands in South Africa Nicole...
...Private equity rushed to buy luxury goods companies at the peak of the credit bubble, including shoemaker Jimmy Choo and the Ferretti super-yacht business....
...Nicole Farhi, the lossmaking women’s fashion brand, was bought in March by OpenGate Capital, a US private equity house, from French Connection for just £5m....
...Other recent buy-outs in this area include the Ferretti yacht-building business, whose brands include Pershing and Riva, the Taittinger champagne house and Jimmy Choo, the shoemaker to fashionistas....
...Next stop will be Milan, courtesy of Diego Della Valle and JP Tod’s (and, perhaps, Tod’s collaborator and Cinecitta Studios set genius Dante Ferretti)....
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