Pepe Jeans is one of the ten largest Spanish groups in the fashion business. Of London origin, the company has its headquarters in Barcelona. The company is currently controlled by the Lebanese group M1. Pepe Jeans operates with its namesake brand and also controls the British Hackett, in addition to the distribution in Spain of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.
The Spanish company, one of the world’s leaders in denim, will continue to be led by Carlos Ortega. The company is in the middle of a reorientation of its business and just refinanced its debt.
Esprit, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger or Calvin Klein are some of the international brands that have had the Spanish giant behind, and that in the last decade have had in their capital some of the big ones like Juan Abelló, Artá Capital or L Capital.
Up to eleven companies, among local operators and investment groups, are interested in taking a majority shareholding in the subsidiary, one of the group’s most important.
Executives from Tendam, McKinsey, C&A or Adolfo Domínguez are some of the confirmed assistants included in the biggest professional meeting of fashion business in Spain, which will take place next February the 5th at Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC).
