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William Baird is to sell Lowe Alpine, its Kendal-based outdoor sportswear business, to Aspen for £13m. 15-Nov-2002 Jacques Vert has announced a £18m takeover offer for textile manufacturer William Baird, and intends to sell off Baird's casual wear brands and manufacturing facilities. 17-Oct-2002 William Baird is to sell its Dannimac raincoats business to Signature Brands of London for £3.1m. 24-Dec-2001 William Baird has sold its Baird Corporatewear subsidiary to Rainbow Corporate-wear for £11m, in order to focus on womenswear and sportswear. 18-Jul-2001 William Baird is to sell Van Gils, its Dutch men's wear business, to Vilenzo International for £6.9m. 09-Feb-2001 William Baird, the textiles group, has called off plans for a management buy-out following a disagreement with venture capitalist Alchemy Partners. 01-Feb-2001 William Baird is negotiating a £88m management buy-out with the support of venture capital group Alchemy Partners. 15-Dec-2000 William Baird is selling its BMB menswear business to a management team for £19m. 04-Dec-2000 William Baird, the clothing manufacturer, is considering plans to go private and is said to have held discussions with a number of venture capital funds. 17-May-2000 William Baird has bought a 10% stake in 9feet.com, the internet retailer of equipment and technical clothing, for £1.2m. 09-May-2000 William Baird is to close its clothing factories in Sri Lanka and Europe, in order to cease manufacturing and focus on the development of a branded business. 01-Mar-2000 Marks & Spencer is to drop William Baird as a supplier next year in order to source more clothing from overseas, which could threaten up to 7,000 jobs at 19 Baird factories. 23-Oct-1999 William Baird has acquired the Limehaus men's fashion brand in a £2m deal, as part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on sales to Marks & Spencer. 05-Oct-1999 William Baird is to close its Swansea Valley clothing factory in Pontardawe with the loss of 174 jobs, as well as its Maesteg factory with the loss of 122 jobs. 11-Sep-1999 William Baird is acquiring Lowe Alpine, the manufacturer of outdoor clothing and equipment, for £13m. 17-Apr-1999 William Baird has warned that more UK clothing factories may have to close with production moving overseas, due to overcapacity and price competition. 04-Mar-1999
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