A former JD Sports executive has made an audacious swoop on upmarket shirtmaker Thomas Pink after the business ceased trading shortly before Christmas, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Nick Preston, who has also worked at Harvey Nichols and House of Fraser, has brokered a deal to take control of the business from the French luxury goods giant LVMH, which also owns Louis Vuitton.
The deal is understood to include the intellectual property of the brand but not its website or shops.
In the pink: Models Isaac Carew and Florence Kosky at a Thomas Pink event
A new website is being prepared to relaunch the label and a company called Thomas Pink Shirtmaker has been registered in the state of Delaware, America.