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  • Singapore Myanmar Investco calls off Jones The Grocer franchise JV

    Singapore Myanmar Investco calls off Jones The Grocer franchise JV

    The planned Jones the Grocer Myanmar expansion has been cancelled.

    Singaporean Myanmar Investco investment and management firm has called off a partnership with restaurant chain Jones the Grocer.

    The company, which specialises in investments focused on the high-growth emerging economy of Myanmar, announced without further explanation that the crucial “initial development location” upon which the partnership was based was no longer available.

    The joint venture company formed as part of the agreement with local operator Pinnacle Myanmar will be dissolved.

    Jones the Grocer, a cafe and delicatessen concept, was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1996. Now owned by JTG Holdings, of which LVMH-linked investment company L Capital Asia has a minority stake, it operates stores in Singapore, Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE.

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  • JTG Holdings buys Jones the Grocer global rights

    JTG Holdings buys Jones the Grocer global rights

    JTG Holdings, the master franchisee for Jones the Grocer in the Middle East and North Africa, has bought the global rights to the brand.

    In a separate transaction LVMH investment arm, L Capital Asia has taken a minority stake in JTG Holdings with the aim of backing the brand in its international expansion.

    Another subsidiary of L Capital Asia has taken master franchise rights for the brand in various markets in north Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

    While its base in the UAE will give JTG Holdings a global footprint, it aims to stay true to its Australian roots and is committed to supporting franchisees as true partners.

    Jones the Grocer is a cafe and retail outlet specialising in hand-selected specialty products, its flagships featuring a signature walk-in cheese room, charcuterie and deli. Established in 1996 with the launch of its flagship Australian store in Woollahra, Sydney, Jones the Grocer has now has 19 stores across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE.

  • LVMH’s L Capital in PE merger deal

    LVMH’s L Capital in PE merger deal

    In a marriage of high fashion and finance, a new partnership is being formed by luxury products company LVMH with two equity firms, Catterton and Groupe Arnault.

    They have agreed to create L Catterton, combining private equity firm Catterton’s North and Latin American interests with LVMH and Groupe Arnault’s European and Asian private equity and real estate interests, now under the Singapore-based L Capital and the L Real Estate banners. Under the terms of the agreement, L Catterton will be 60 per cent owned by the partners of L Catterton and 40 per cent jointly owned by LVMH and Groupe Arnault.

    This will make L Catterton the largest global consumer-focussed investment firm with six distinct and complementary fund strategies specialising on consumer buyout and growth investments across Asia, Europe, and North and Latin America, as well as prime commercial real estate globally. After various successor funds are closed, L Catterton expects to grow its assets under management to more than $12 billion, drawing on 27 years of experience with more than 120 investment and operating professionals in 17 offices across five continents. It will be led by global co-CEOs J. Michael Chu and Scott A. Dahnke, currently managing partners at Catterton.

    “The breadth of our collective expertise will be second to none in the consumer industry,” says Chu.  “And we look forward to benefitting from the strength and global reach of the team at L Capital and L Real Estate as we continue to seek out investment opportunities with significant growth potential.”

    “The globalisation of media and technology, combined with increasingly permeable geographic borders, is driving rapid consumer growth on an unprecedented global scale,” said Dahnke.

    Catterton invests in all major consumer segments, including food and beverage, retail and restaurants, consumer products and services, consumer health, and media and marketing services. Its investments include CorePower Yoga, Kettle Foods, Nature’s Variety pet food, Noodles & Company, Outback Steakhouse, PF Chang’s, Plum Organics, Restoration Hardware, Protein Bar, Snap Kitchen, Sweaty Betty and Wellness pet food.

    L Capital invests in companies across Asia and Europe in such sectors as beauty and wellness, fashion and accessories, food and beverage, media and entertainment, and special retail. Founded in 2001 with support from LVMH and Groupe Arnault, it specialises in lifestyle brands and selective retail businesses in Europe. L Capital – Asia is Asia’s largest consumer-focussed private equity firm with headquarters in Singapore, and regional offices in Hong Kong, Melbourne, Mumbai and Shanghai. Its investments include 2XU, Asiaray Media, Bateel, Charles & Keith, Emperor Watch & Jewellery, Jones the Grocer, Marubi and Sasseur.

    L Real Estate develops mixed-use projects anchored by luxury retail. Its investments include G6 in Ginza, Tokyo, and Miami Design District.

    LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) is represented in fashion and leather goods by a portfolio of brands including Celine, Donna Karan, Fendi, Givenchy, Kenzo, Loewe, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs. Its wines and spirits division includes Belvedere, Chandon, Cloudy Bay, Dom Perignon, Hennessy, Krug, Moet & Chandon and Wenjun. In the perfumes and cosmetics sector it has Guerain, Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Parfums Kenzo and Perfumes Loewe.

    LVMH’s retail interests include DFS, Le Bon Marche and Sephora, it has a joint venture with De Beers Diamond Jewellers, and its watches and jewellery division comprises Bulgari, Chaumet, Dior Watches, Hublot, TAG Heuer and Zenith.

    Subject to customary regulatory and certain investor approvals, the L Catterton transaction is expected to close early this year.

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  • Louis Vuitton rescues Jones the Grocer model

    Louis Vuitton rescues Jones the Grocer model

    Louis Vuitton’s personal fairness arm L Capital Asia has purchased the stays of collapsed Singapore gourmand meals retailer Jones the Grocer.

    The upmarket grocery retailer was initially based in Australia, however collapsed final yr. It has shops on Dempsey Hill and in Mandarin Gallery.

    L Capital Asia had taken a 63 per cent stake within the Singapore arm of the enterprise, Jones the Grocer Worldwide, (JTGI), three years in the past, believing the model and idea had robust potential in Asia. However it was positioned beneath judicial administration in December.

    The Singapore Enterprise Occasions reported the corporate had money owed of $15 million and a financial institution stability of $61,000 on the time.

    Recent Bay Investments, a subsidiary of L Capital Asia, has paid S$2.75 million for the model rights and different belongings of the enterprise, however not the debt, probably angering some suppliers. Singapore information media report L Capital has already acquired the worldwide model rights from the Australian firm which it additionally has a majority stake in.

    In addition to its unique funding, and final week’s $2.75 million for the shell, Recent Bay has reportedly ploughed an extra $17 million into maintaining the enterprise afloat till now.

    L Capital Asia managing companion Ravi Thakran informed AsiaOne Enterprise that his firm knew the Jones the Grocer enterprise greatest and was subsequently the only option to rebuild the model.