Coach buys Stuart Weitzman for $574 million

06/01/2015
Coach buys Stuart Weitzman for $574 million
US leathergoods company Coach has bought luxury shoe brand Stuart Weitzman for $574 million, after its forays into the shoe sector last year fell short of expectations.

Coach will pay private equity firm Sycamore Partners – which took on the brand last year as part of the Jones Group – $530 million in cash and $44 if it hits revenue targets over the next three years.

Rival private equity firms and other shoe companies submitted bids for Stuart Weitzman.

In October, Coach outlined a plan to turn the business around after disappointing sales.

Image courtesy of Stuart Weitzman/GDS.