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  1. Key Dates: 1968: Suzy Shier Inc. is launched. 1975: Dylex Ltd. acquires a controlling share of Suzy Shier. 1984: Wet Seal is acquired. 1990: La Senza lingerie division is formed, and the company's first stores opens. 1993: Suzy Shier is spun off as a public company. 2001: Suzy Shier changes its name to La Senza Corporation.

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    Type of business: Intimate specialty retailer
    Acquisition price: $1 million
    Date it was purchased: July 30, 1982
    Yearly revenue: $6.1 billion (2024)
    Type of business: Plus-size women's retail clothing store
    Acquisition price: $105 million
    Date it was purchased: April 29, 1982
    Most recent yearly revenue: $518.3 million (2023)
    Type of business: Intimate specialty retailer
    Acquisition price: $1 million
    Date it was purchased: 1982
    Yearly revenue: $7.4 billion (2024)
    Type of business: Lingerie and intimate apparel retailer
    Acquisition price: C$710 million
    Date it was purchased: 2007
    Yearly revenue: $359 million (2024)
    Type of business: Luxury clothing, handbag, and accessories retailer
    Acquisition price: Undisclosed (estimated to be approximately $10 million)
    Date it was purchased: 1985
    Estimated last yearly revenue: $85 million (2018)

    L Brands once dominated the retail industry, with most of its brands filling shopping malls and retail outlets. Under its umbrella once stood The Limited, Express, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Victoria's Secret. Today, it operates under a different name—Bath & Body Works, Inc.—with only one major brand in its portfolio. However, Bath & Body Works is a ...

  2. Apr 9, 2003 · La Senza's stock has also lost steam in the past year, dropping from a 52-week high of $16.25 last summer to yesterday's close of $9.95, up 15 cents on the day and not far from the 52-week low of ...

  3. Jun 18, 2003 · The Canadian-based retailer is selling its 178 Suzy Shier women’s clothing stores to a member of the YM retail group, which operates clothing chains including Stitches, Sirens and Urban Planet. The sale price was not announced but La Senza recently estimated the chain’s value at about US$15m.

  4. Jul 23, 2001 · La Senza Corporation, formerly Suzy Shier Limited, today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange has approved its name change from Suzy Shier Limited to La Senza Corporation and that its Subordinate Voting Shares are now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under stock symbol "LSZ". Irving Teitelbaum, chairman of the board and CEO of the company said: "This change was made as La Senza is ...

  5. It formed a company, La Senza plc, and in the final weeks of 1994 opened six La Senza stores in the United Kingdom. 1996. A year later, in October 1996, Suzy Shier paid nearly CAD $5.2 million to acquire the 42-store Silk & Satin lingerie chain from Woolworth Canada Inc. 2002.

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  7. Sep 22, 2000 · Indeed, La Senza's parent company, Suzy Shier Ltd., is mulling a spinoff of the lingerie retailer into a separate public company, Mr. Lewin acknowledges. La Senza's value isn't being reflected in ...

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