BusinessLive reports that Nine West will be leaving SA and Mango will follow suit as the House of Busby alters its portfolio to match domestic needs.  

Head of marketing at the group, Leane Adolph, said on Wednesday that all free-standing stores under both those brands would close by the end of March.  She indicated that the company had decided to move both Mango business [for apparel and accessories] into the store-in-store concept within Edgars.  Similarly, with Nine West, it will keep a wholesale presence [for handbags] in the SA market through Edgars.  The House of Busby owns the exclusive rights to both Mango and Nine West.  The Nine West licence was acquired in 1999 and, until recently, had 13 stand-alone stores throughout the country.  The Mango licence was acquired in 2006 and there were nine stand-alone stores in SA.  

Adolph said that it was not expected that there would be any job losses as a result of the decision to close shop for the brands as affected staff would be accommodated within the group’s structures.

• Read this report by Colleen Goko and Reitumetse Pitso in full at BusinessLive

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