Kurt Geiger, named after its Austrian founder, and has been owned by the London private equity firm Cinven since 2015. It now has 74 stand-alone stores in the UK, with handbags now making up half of the sales in its home market. For the financial year to January 28, sales rose by almost a third to £330 million and earnings were up 30% to £30 million. Handbag sales also hit a record at £91.6 million.
