Suitors lose interest in French Connection takeover

London-listed French Connection was a force in the fashion market in the 1990s. 

Fashion retailer French Connection, which operates six stores in the Republic and one in the North, has said it is seeking new suitors as investment firms Spotlight Brands and Gordon Brothers had pulled out of preliminary talks to buy the struggling UK company.

French Connection said it had formally launched a sale process and had been approached by three other parties and was also still in preliminary talks with previously announced joint suitor Go Global Retail and HMJ International.