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"Buyout house Permira is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, in the latest sign of investor appetite for Italian luxury brands. The move would mark the London-based private equity group's return to Italy's luxury sector less than two years after selling fashion house Valentino to Qatari investors."
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