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Agent Provocateur and Mike Ashley a risqu” business?

March 14, 2017

The luxury lingerie business Agent Provocateur was sold for around £30m last week by its private equity owners 3i, in a controversial pre-pack administration to Mike Ashley, the billionaire behind Sports Direct.

Agent Provocateur co-founder calls investors “fraudulent, negligent and incompetent?

March 2, 2017

By Hunter Ruthven

The co-founder of British lingerie brand Agent Provocateur has attacked the private equity backers which bought his business, saying the firm ?will never recover” from letting it slide into administration.

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Agent Provocateur and Mike Ashley a risqu” business?

Agent Provocateur co-founder calls investors “fraudulent, negligent and incompetent?

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