Adornis.com was an online jewelry retailer created during the 1990s dot-com boom that later collapsed.
Origin Adornis.com, Inc.Adornis.com, Inc. at www.list-company.comAdornis.com, Inc. at www.jigsaw.com was an online jewelry retailer launched by Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley"Selling the Ganley jewels", Irish Independent, Sunday November 19 2000 with co-founder Sean Ganley, brother of Declan, in 1999,"Interview: Daire O'Brien: Prepared to take the broadband picture" The Sunday Times, January 25, 2004 part of the dot-com boom of the 1990s. The company was funded through Ganley's private equity firm, the Ganley Group,"Ganley denies Adornis has lost all its sparkle" Sunday Business Post, Sunday, November 12, 2000 with $30m in equity funding, $30m in debt financing and a personal investment by Ganley of $5.5m."Off-line Adornis lays off top staff" 8 November 2000, by Paul Drury, from www.electricnews.net The French investments firm Richemont Investments SA,"Richemont Investments SA acquires a minority stake in Adornis.Com", Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions, Dec 16, 1999, accessed via www.alacrastore.com (a division of Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG) paid approx $5m to own 20% and the Irish internet firm Nua Internet Services owned 10%. Ganley owned around 40%, with the remainder owned by three American hedge funds. Adornis.com was a winner of Forbes magazine's 'Best of the Web' "Classic, contemporary and estate jewelry from less than $100 to more than $10,000. Browse or search by designer, product type, type of material and gemstone or price....Excellent product descriptions and multiple close-up views". Time magazine described Adornis.com as "bauble central for luxury items" in December 1999.
Fate It was valued at $25 million at one point but collapsed and its stock was sold off to Overstock.com for about $2m. The remains were converted to Adornis.com Limited,Details for ADORNIS.COM LIMITED, company number E0347616 at UKData.com founded on 7 September 2001. That company's latest annual return was filed on 31 December 2005.
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