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• Brazin loses its Sanity in the UK.

  - 2003-10-15

  Oct 14, 2003 (Rag Trader - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian retailer Brazin has sold its UK Sanity Entertainment business for $A13 million to Primemist Limited. It had purchased the 118-store chain from the Virgin Group for just Stg2 in 2001. Jim Kelly, a...

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• Brazin offloads Sanity.

  - 2003-10-03

  Oct 03, 2003 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) Music and lingerie retailer Brazin has sold its British music business, Sanity Entertainment to British-based Primemist. CEO of Brazin, Brett Blundy, bought Sanity Entertainment from Virgin Group in late 2001. Brazin made a profit of...

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• Brazin's UK flit nets a tidy $12m profit.

  - 2003-09-22

  Sep 22, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian music and lingerie retailer, Brazin, has sold its UK music business for $A12m. The buyer was London investment firm, Primemist. Brazin acquired the 118 UK music stores from the Virgin Group in...

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• Brazin turns up volume on local retail plans.

  - 2003-09-22

  Sep 22, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian music and lingerie retailer, Brazin, has sold its UK music business for $A12m. The buyer was London investment firm, Primemist. Brazin acquired the 118 UK music stores from the Virgin Group in 2001. Brazin's...

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• Blundy's different beat - Brazin boss revamps stores.

  - 2003-07-16

  Jul 16, 2003 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) Brazin is putting on hold plans to develop its lingerie operations. It has decided to close 17 stores in Australia and is trying to sell its music outlets in the UK. The company is planning...

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• Brazin decides to change its tune yet again.

  - 2003-07-16

  Jul 16, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian music and lingerie retailer, Brazin, has decided to abandon its UK music business. On 16 July 2003, the company announced plans to convert some of the 77 discount music stores it bought from Richard...

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• Brazin abandons its best UK hope.

  - 2003-07-16

  Jul 16, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian music and lingerie retailer, Brazin, has decided to abandon its UK music business. On 16 July 2003, the company announced plans to convert some of the 77 discount music stores it bought from...

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• Australian Retailer Brazin Reeling from Purchase of British Our Price Chain.

  - 2003-07-11

  By Lachlan Colquhoun, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 11--Australian music and lingerie retailer Brazin is still suffering from the legacy of its purchase of the Our Price chain from Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The companies...

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• Brazin hopes to hit right note.

  - 2003-03-26

  Mar 26, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian lingerie and music retailer, Brazin, insists it is on track to meet 2002-03 profit forecasts. The assurance was given on 26 March 2003 by the company's executive director, Ian Duffell, who also...

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• Brazin shares off 35% as investors lose patience with results.

  - 2003-03-06

  Mar 06, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Brazin shares have fallen by 35 in the 11 trading days to 6 March 2003. The share price has fallen amid investor concerns about the Australian music and lingerie retailer's strategy for its Sanity...

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