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Alexon has raised £20m to reorganise its chain of fashion stores, including the closure of 24 sites over the next three years and the opening of new outlets in better locations. 08-Mar-2010 Alexon has sold Style Menswear, the chain of 55 Envy clothing stores and 60 concessions, to Hamsard 3032 for a nominal sum. 06-Feb-2008 Alexon is planning to expand its chain of Bay Trading fashion stores from 158 to 250 over the next five years. 03-Apr-2007 Alexon is to sell Dolcis, the shoe retailer with 67 shops and 132 concessions, to Hamsard 3032 for £2.7m. 19-Dec-2006 Alexon is looking to sell its Dolcis chain of 67 footwear stores and 150 concessions, having appointed Hawkpoint to find a buyer. 03-Jul-2006 Alexon has announced plans to open up to 200 additional fashion stores, with the Envy chain growing from 50 to 100 and Bay Trading from 38 to 180. 31-Mar-2003 Alexon is to close its clothing factory in Pontypridd with the loss of up to 190 jobs. 28-Jan-2003 Alexon is planning to increase the number of Bay Trading fashion outlets from 140 to 180 over the next three years, and the number of Envy stores will rise from 45 to at least 70. 08-Jan-2002 Alexon has acquired control of the 144-strong chain of Bay Trading clothes shops, in a £13m deal. 08-Dec-1999 Alexon is to cut 90 of the 200 jobs at its clothing factory in Luton in order to transfer some manufacturing to a plant in South Wales. 15-Oct-1999 Alexon has acquired Style Holdings, the men's wear retailer, for £31m, and is also buying out its joint venture partner in the Dolcis chain of shoe shops for £14m. 27-Aug-1999 Alexon, the womenswear retailer, is looking for acquisitions in order to establish new niches in the market. 24-Mar-1998 Alexon and Electra Fleming are forming a joint venture to acquire Dolcis, the chain of 106 shoe stores, from Sears for £1.6m. 03-Dec-1997
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