Haband Changes Hands

//November 13, 2006//

Haband Changes Hands

//November 13, 2006//

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Around the State – North JerseyOAKLAND Specialty retailer Haband in Oakland completed its sale to private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital in San Francisco last week. Haband, founded in 1925, sells apparel, footwear and house wares geared for the baby boomer market though direct mail, catalogs and online. Golden Gate made the acquisition through its subsidiary Catalog Holdings, a direct retailer that also owns Spiegel, Newport News and Carabella.

Haband will keep its doors open in Oakland as well as its distribution center in Eatonton, Ga., a call center in Athens, Ga., and a mail-processing center in Peckville, Pa.