E-Land to buy K-Swiss

2013-01-18T00:00:00

After many months of speculation, K-Swiss said this week that E-Land, the South Korean fashion and retail giant, had agreed to buy the ailing Californian sports apparel and footwear company at a price of $4.75 per share in cash, which values the K-Swiss group at about $170 million.

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