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Lightower aggressively expanding All-Fiber Network in D.C, Northern Virginia and Maryland  Company adds 400 Route Miles in region, including key commercial and Data Center locations  Large-Scale expansion In response to skyrocketing need for fiber by customers Boxborough, Massachusetts, April 15, 2014 – Lightower Fiber Networks, the premier all-fiber, provider of custom, high-capacity network services that ensure optimal application and business performance, … Read More

Women’s Wear DailyApril 7, 2014By Evan Clark Glen Senk has landed and plans on shaking up the investment scene.  The former chief executive officer of David Yurman and Urban Outfitters Inc. has linked with private equity firm Berkshire Partners to form Front Row Partners — which plans to build a portfolio of companies in the retail and consumer sectors that … Read More

Berkshire Commits $350 Million to Make Investments Alongside Mr. Senk and His Newly-Formed Firm, Front Row Partners LLC Boston and New York, April 7, 2014 – Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston-based investment firm, and Glen T. Senk, a leading retail and consumer executive, announced today that they are partnering to co-invest in innovative, high-growth retail and consumer businesses. Berkshire Partners has … Read More

March 18, 2014 Jerome Dahan is one of our city’s true jeanswear genies. As the founder of blogstar-faved brands like 7 For All Mankind and Citizens of Humanity, and with over three decades in the biz, the Paris-born, Montreal-bred Angeleno clearly has the Midas touch when it comes to denim. His latest endeavor is A Gold E, a new(ish) line … Read More

Dublin & Nashua, New Hampshire, March 14, 2014 — SSILuxco S.a.r.l., an indirect parent company of Skillsoft Limited (“Skillsoft”), a pioneer in the field of technology-delivered learning with a long history of innovation and delivery of solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses, announced today that it has entered into a … Read More

First store will open in London in June, with more planned March 12, 2014 – Farm Boy, the Ottawa-based fresh grocery chain, is about to make its biggest leap ever with the addition of a store in London, Ont. Set to open in June, the store will be the retailer’s first outside its home base in eastern Ontario. Farm Boy operates … Read More

March 11, 2014 – Farm Boy’s expansion in Southern Ontario will start in London, Ontario this summer with a 27,000 square feet store on Wellington Street. Farm Boy currently has 14 locations including 12 stores in Ottawa, one in Cornwall and one in Kingston. The fresh food grocer wants to tap into the Southern Ontario market in a big way over … Read More

Catalina remains focused on driving business for CPG retailers and brands St. Petersburg, Florida, March 3, 2014 — Catalina, a leading provider of personalized digital media solutions for the CPG industry, announced today that Boston-based investment firm Berkshire Partners LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire majority control of the company from Hellman & Friedman LLC. Hellman & Friedman … Read More

Lawrenceville, Georgia, February 7, 2014— National Vision, Inc. (NVI), the leading independent value retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, and leading global investment firm KKR today announced that a definitive agreement has been signed whereby KKR will acquire the company from Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based investment firm.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. NVI is the fastest growing independent optical … Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, January 13, 2014 — Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston-based investment firm, announced today that Jon Meyer and Anil Seetharam were appointed Managing Directors effective January 1, 2014.  They join the 17 current Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds.  Mr. Meyer and Mr. Seetharam will continue in their current roles within Stockbridge Investors, the investment … Read More