Engagement
Metis Partners was engaged by Deloitte to support the marketing and sale of the IP assets of BANK Fashion.
Company
BANK was an iconic high street and ecommerce fashion retailer, which launched in the 1990s and grew to operate over 80 stores in the UK and generating annual revenues of £115m. It had developed 10 own label brands, including highly recognizable Fred & Boston, Ribbon, Kitsch Couture and Tortured Genius, targeted specifically to the under 30’s.
IP Assets Sold
- Goodwill rights in the BANK brand
- Goodwill rights in the product brands
- Trade mark portfolio
- Extensive customer database, rich in consumer data & analytics
- Branded domain name portfolio & web content
Highlight of this IP Sale
We recognized the potential to significantly increase returns by creating a bespoke marketing strategy that allowed us to create various IP bundles, selling the own label product brands, BANK Fashion brand and their related assets to a number of different parties. A number of acquirers of the brands successfully leveraged them into standalone clothing brands, relaunched them as stand-alone online fashion brands.
Contact us today to learn more about our previously sold intellectual properties and our intellectual properties for sale.
