Eager to accelerate global expansion and reduce debt, the accessible luxury retailer SMCP (owner of Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, sales of € 786 million in 2016 up by 16.4% in H1 2017) is aiming high. The retailer expects a listing on the French Stock Exchange by the end of 2017, and targets a valuation of €2 billion.
In 2016, when the firm saw the entrance of the Chinese Shandong Ruyi Group as a shareholder, the valuation was at €1.3 billion. Parent company Shandong Ruyi Group plans...