Capri Holdings shares ($CPRI) have been in the spotlight as the company’s Versace brand could receive a bid from Italy’s Prada, according to media reports. Retail sentiment, however, remained ‘bearish.

Capri posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly revenue, hurt by execution missteps and a global slowdown in luxury goods demand.

Italy's Prada is among the potential suitors looking at fashion group Versace which Capri Holdings has put up for sale, daily Il Sole 24 ore reported on Friday. In November, Coach-owner Tapestry abandoned an $8.

Fast Money' traders talk new chapter of M&A activity in the luxury goods space.

The Italian group Prada is considering the purchase of the fashion group Versace from the American multinational Capri Holdings, also the owner of the brands Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors, as reported on Friday by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

Italy's Prada is considering buying fashion group Versace from U.S. Capri Holdings, daily Il Sole 24 ore reported on Friday. Citi is acting as adviser to Prada, the report said, adding Capri Holdings had mandated Barclay's to find potential buyers.

Capri Holdings Limited (NYSE:CPRI) has hired Barclays to explore options for the Versace and Jimmy Choo labels, according to the Italian publication Il Sole 24 Ore. Sources indicate that Italian fashion brand Prada S.

Italian luxury brand Prada may be considering acquiring Versace, according to a report from Il Sole 24 Ore. The speculation comes as Versace’s owner, Capri Holdings Ltd., has enlisted Barclays to explore strategic options for the iconic label and other brands in its portfolio,