A Merger Match? Uniqlo and J. Crew

Written By The USA Links on Sunday, 2 March 2014 | 14:00


WSJ.com: US Business

A Merger Match? Uniqlo and J. Crew

Updated Feb. 28, 2014 4:23 p.m. ET


The owners of J. Crew Group Inc. are in talks to sell the clothing retailer to Japan's Fast Retailing Co. for as much as $5 billion, a deal that would help the Asian company fulfill its ambition of becoming a global retailing powerhouse.


Fast Retailing, which owns the Uniqlo apparel chain, approached J. Crew's management about potentially buying the private-equity-owned business, said people familiar with the matter. J. Crew is seeking upward of $5 billion for the business, one of the people said. It remained unclear...





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