Fat Face - Livingbridge

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INVESTMENT YEAR

2000

REALISATION YEAR

2005

SECTOR

Consumer

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Branded clothing for an active lifestyle

Fat Face is a British lifestyle clothing and accessories retailer which started life as a business selling T-shirts at ski resorts. The company was founded in 1988, in Hampshire, UK, by Tim Slade and Jules Leaver.

Our investment enabled the growing business to grow more confidently with the guidance and experience that the founders were looking for.

From the start of the journey together

stores

to realisation

stores

The right tools for growth

Talent

We guided the founders to build out a professional team, including a Chief Executive and Financial Director, to help drive the business towards growth.

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Tech enablement

We helped implement new IT systems to support a multi-channel strategy.

Enable technology

Roll out

We facilitated the roll out of 68 new stores, more than tripling Fat Face’s high street presence and making the brand more easily available to it’s national customer base.

I don’t mind admitting that I found it quite difficult to let go of Fat Face. It was a successful exit for everybody. A couple of months afterwards I went for lunch and a bottle of wine or two with Tim and Jules. We talked about the journey of the business for most of the afternoon. And then I felt we had done our bit.

Mark Advani
Livingbridge