The Belgian fashion chain
e5 Mode, currently under debt protection, seems to have caught the eye of a Danish fashion holding. It does face competition from Dutch and Belgian potential buyers, however, including one supported by the Flemish government.
Backed by local government
On the final bidding round for Belgian fashion chain e5 Mode, some five suitors seem to be in the running. On the Dutch side there are serial entrepreneurs Lex Hes and, purportedly, Martijn Rozenboom. Given the controversial and questionable track record of both these men, who have been involved in numerous bankruptcies in the past, more importance is however attached to the bids of Belgian fashion retailer