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Jul 19 2007 12:00am EDT

Speculative Dealmaking

The hot new fashion label Proenza Schouler sold off a 45 percent stake to Valentino Fashion Group for $3.7 million, in what seems like a lousy deal. Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby sold her company to JupiterMedia for a whopping $23 million.

Is there a deal to be had here?

Lauren Goldstein Crowe's full Fashion blog post on this subject can be found here


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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