MenInvest acquires oki-ni

 

Paris based men’s fashion group MenInvest has announced the acquisition of UK based online menswear retailer oki-ni.com. Established by Marc Menase in 2010, MenInvest is backed by investors AXA Private Equity, Partech International, 123 Venture and Orkos Capital. Founded in 2001 by Ben Banks, Gino Da’Prato, Charles Perez and Dominique Signoret, oki-ni.com sells an edited selection of world famous, tightly distributed brands, including Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Comme Des Garcons, Kenzo, Raf Simons and Maison Martin Margiela. With over 500,000 unique visitors a month, oki-ni.com ships to over 75 countries, with 40 per cent of sales coming from the UK, followed by revenue from the US, Japan and Germany. This will add to the existing MenInvest e-commerce portfolio, which sees 1.5 million unique visitors per month across 60 countries. Oki-ni.com will become the creative and luxury window for menlook.com. MenInvest will retain the oki-ni.com London team and office, leveraging their experience and image built up over the last decade thereby providing complimentary and unique services to the Paris office.