bebe Stores to Acquire Brookstone Through Private Equity Firm

| Daniela Forte

bebe stores and Bluestar Alliance have acquired the Brookstone brand and related assets, with plans to sell Brookstone products through retail partnerships here and abroad. Brookstone had announced the closure of 101 stores when it filed Chapter 11 in August. Here is what bebe’s CEO had to say about the deal.

Brookstone Appoints William E. Watts as Executive Chairman

| Tim Parry

Brookstone, Inc., the innovative product development company and multi-channel specialty retailer, announced today the appointment of William E. Watts as the Company’s new Executive Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.