About our Cath Kidston news
Latest news on Cath Kidston, a British lifestyle brand that was founded by Cath Kidston in 1993 in a small shop in Notting Hill, London.
Cath Kidston was owned by Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) from 2016 - 2022. In 2020, the brand went into administration due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and closed all its UK stores. It would become a wholesale-led business and sell its products through other retailers such as John Lewis and Next.
The company was then acquired again by HUK 113 Limited in June 2022 before a further sale process was commenced less than eight months later.
In March 2023, Cath Kidston would cease to exist as a trading entity with the the intellectual property acquired by retailer Next Plc.