The lifestyle sector covers a range of consumer businesses including, but not limited to, food and beverage, and the media and consumer goods sectors.
Wine Connection Group (“WCG”), the Liaigre Group (“Liaigre”) and CHANINTR (“Chanintr”), formerly known in our portfolio as C Larsen.
Our investments in the lifestyle sector include:
WCG is Southeast Asia's leading wine related food and beverage chain.
Liaigre is a French luxury furniture brand favoured by celebrities around the world; its Asia expansion has extended into Singapore, Shanghai, Bangkok and Seoul.
Chainintr is an importer and distributor of high-end US and European furniture brands through retail outlets. The brand also has a food and beverage franchise.
The lifestyle sector covers a range of consumer businesses including, but not limited to, food and beverage, and the media and consumer goods sectors.
Wine Connection Group (“WCG”), the Liaigre Group (“Liaigre”) and CHANINTR (“Chanintr”), formerly known in our portfolio as C Larsen.
Our investments in the lifestyle sector include:
WCG is Southeast Asia's leading wine related food and beverage chain.
Liaigre is a French luxury furniture brand favoured by celebrities around the world; its Asia expansion has extended into Singapore, Shanghai, Bangkok and Seoul.
Chainintr is an importer and distributor of high-end US and European furniture brands through retail outlets. The brand also has a food and beverage franchise.
One of our investments since 2014, the Wine Connection Group (“WCG”), operates Southeast Asia's largest chain of wine retail shops and full-service wine-themed restaurants. The Company targets the region's growing middle class with over 80 outlets in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and South Korea.
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In 2013 we announced the sale of our entire investment in AFC, which operated the Asian Food Channel, a 24-hour TV channel broadcasting food and lifestyle programming tailored to audiences in the Asia Pacific region. We made our first investment in AFC in 2008. The sale was part of a 100% acquisition by former US media conglomerate Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. ("Scripps"), to strengthen its competitive position in Asia. Scripps was acquired in 2018 by Discovery Communications, who have since rebranded the Asian Food Channel as the Asian Food Network.
In December 2014 Symphony exited its investment in Privee Holdings Pte. Ltd, which operates under the brand-name Maison Takuya, a luxury hand crafted leather goods brand marketed globally. With a retail network covering France, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the US, Maison Takuya’s products were sold in high-end stores including Bergdorf Goodman in New York and Hankyu in Tokyo. Europe and Japan accounted for the majority of sales, during the time of our investment.
In 2016, we entered into our investment in French luxury furniture brand Liaigre. Established in 1985, the brand is a celebrity favourite, sought for its renowned minimalistic style. With a strong intellectual property portfolio, Liaigre provides a range of bespoke furniture, lighting, fabric and leather, as well as accessories – and also undertakes exclusive interior architecture projects for select yachts, hotels and restaurants, and private residences.
Luxury lifestyle company CHANINTR (“Chanintr”) is based in Thailand and primarily sells high-end American and European furniture and household accessory brands which currently include Liaigre, Barbara Barry, and Herman Miller among others. The company also provides furniture, fixtures, and equipment solutions for various real estate and hotel projects. Separately, they launched Chanintr Residences in 2019, showcasing custom-designed luxury residences as turnkey projects.