Flipkart Group invests Rs 260 crore in Arvind Fashions' arm
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | July 09, 2020 IST
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Bengaluru, July 9: The Flipkart Group on Thursday announced it has invested Rs 260 crore to purchase a significant minority stake in Arvind Youth Brands, a subsidiary of Arvind Fashions (AFL). Arvind Youth Brands owns the popular Flying Machine denim brand that has been retailing on Flipkart and Myntra for more than six years. With this investment, the Flipkart Group and Arvind Fashions will work collaboratively to identify opportunities and synergies to innovate and develop products with strong value propositions at attractive price points, the ecommerce platform said in a statement. "We look forward to partnering with the team at Arvind Youth Brands to continue to grow the market for its portfolio of products and enhance the strong brand equity that has been built over the last few decades," said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Chief Executive Officer, Flipkart Group. Arvind Fashions Ltd has a portfolio of renowned brands, both international and indigenous, like US Polo Assn., Arrow, GAP, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Flying Machine, Aeropostale, The Children's Place and Ed Hardy. It is also India's leading beauty retailer in partnership with Sephora and owns and runs the value fashion retail chain, Unlimited. "Given the strong existing relationship with the Flipkart Group, and their presence in online fashion, it was an obvious choice for us to enter into this engagement through which Flipkart and Myntra will be our preferred online partner for the Flying Machine brand," said J. Suresh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Arvind Fashions. (IANS)
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