(Padua, Italy/Miami, USA) – The Safilo Group has acquired a 61.34% stake in the Miami-based company Prive Goods, LLC and thus in the US eyewear brand Privé Revaux. Founded in 2017, the label was built on a shared passion for style and quality with the aim of challenging the eyewear industry and making high-quality eyewear products available to everyone.
Privé Revaux – the majority of the US eyewear brand with prominent co-founders like Jamie Foxx, Hailee Steinfeld and Ashley Benson now belongs to the Safilo Group (Photo: Safilo)
David Schottenstein (the Company’s founding entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer) retains ownership of approximately 15.5% of the equity, while the remainder is held by celebrities Jamie Foxx, Hailee Steinfeld and Ashley Benson, senior management of the Company, and certain other investors. Private equity fund TSG Consumer Partners and its affiliates sold their entire stake in Privé Revaux to Safilo Group and other equity holders of the Company.
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Founded in 2017, Privé Revaux was built on a shared passion for style and quality with the goal of disrupting the eyewear industry and making premium, quality eyewear products accessible to everyone. Gaining instant traction with consumers, the fast-growing US eyewear brand is fueled by a strategic celebrity ecosystem, merged in high caliber social media engagement and strong digital marketing capabilities.
Privé Revaux has extended its assortment of affordable and quality frames beyond traditional sunglasses into blue light blocking glasses to combat digital eye strain and has brought their unique, fashion-forward perspective to reading glasses. The company distributes through a broad set of channels and retail partners, both online and offline.
Since inception, Privé Revaux has carefully curated relationships with celebrities who wear and endorse its products. Catering to a diverse fanbase, the brand has levered its celebrity appeal to new customers through a distinctive capsule collection program of co-branded styles designed by major celebrity influencers, and is continually adding to its roster of talent with new collections seasonally.
In 2019 the Company recorded net sales of approximately USD 20 million, up around 90% compared to the previous year, and plans to continue strongly growing them in 2020.
The overall consideration for the 61.34% controlling interest in the Company is USD 67.5 million (corresponding to €61.6 million at the exchange rate on the announcement date, february 10th 2020). David Schottenstein will remain CEO of Privé Revaux which will continue to run out of its Miami headquarters.
Comments on Safilo’s involvement
Angelo Trocchia, Safilo’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are very pleased to enrich our proprietary brand portfolio with Privé Revaux, a fast-growing US-origin brand, which contributes a millennial-focused digital marketing strategy and whose mission is to offer affordable, high-quality, beautifully designed eyewear, using celebrities’ endorsements to drive brand awareness and sales.
Privé Revaux has successfully created a repeatable and scalable strategy with celebrity capsule programs that can be introduced into various markets around the world, a consumer-centric marketing model from which we can learn and leverage on, while putting our capabilities at its disposal for its global expansion..”
David Schottenstein, founder and CEO of Privé Revaux commented: “This is a monumental moment for Privé Revaux, and a true turning point in our business. We have worked tirelessly to bring consumers tangible quality and style when it comes to eyewear, at a fair and reasonable price and Safilo believes in our vision and goal. I couldn’t be prouder of what this brand has accomplished in only a few short years, and with Safilo in our corner, the sky’s the limit.”
“When we started Privé Revaux we knew we were going to shake things up, we just didn’t realize how quickly and to what extent. Now, with Safilo’s know-how and expertise, we can turbo charge this and take it to a completely different level, on a global scale.” Jamie Foxx, Partner and Co-Founder, Privé Revaux.
“Getting together with a company like Safilo is truly an honor and really says a lot about who we are as a brand. Looking at our opportunities, both in terms of continuing to grow Privé Revaux and in terms of really helping to grow Safilo’s existing brands, it is obvious to me that this made sense and was meant to be. I am so excited for the coming years and am very much looking forward to working with Safilo.” Hailee Steinfeld, Partner and Co-Founder, Privé Revaux.
“We live in a fast-changing world, specifically a fast-changing retail world. Clearly Safilo has the vision to see that Privé Revaux can help Safilo create something new in eyewear and I very much look forward to being a part of that.” Ashley Benson, Partner and Co-Founder, Privé Revaux.
On a shopping tour in the States
As recently as December, the Safilo Group announced the acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in the capital of the Californian company Blenders Eyewear LLC, also a very popular label of the American millennials.
Privé Revaux Eyewear was established to disrupt the eyewear market as a purveyor of quality goods at a great value. It was built on a shared passion for style and quality from entrepreneur David Schottenstein along with an elite team including celebrities Jamie Foxx, Hailee Steinfeld and Ashley Benson as well as VP of Celebrity Relations Dave Osokow and Creative Directors Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn. The offer consists of more than 100 handmade and polarized designer glasses from 29.95 US dollars.
