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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.






