Dragons Den star says 'we are defeated' as he breaks silence on future - Liverpool Echo

Dragons' Den-backed business closes just over a year after TV investment

Luxe Collective, founded by brothers Ben and Joe Gallagher from Formby in 2018, had found success selling high-end goods second hand

Dragons Den star says 'we are defeated' as he breaks silence on future - Liverpool Echo

Luxe Collective was founded by Formby brothers Ben and Joe Gallagher, with the firm later receiving £100,000 from Steven Bartlett

Bartlett-backed retail business forced to close

Steven Bartlett-backed luxury resale platform Luxe Collective has been forced to close just 18 months after the Dragons’ Den star invested £100,000 in the business. The Liverpool-based company was founded in 2018 by brothers Ben and Joe Gallagher in their parents’ back bedroom. Luxe Collective’s business model saw it sell luxury goods for less than comparable brands by buying items off eBay and Depop, cleaning them up and selling them on Instagr…

Dragons' Den-backed fashion business closes a year after £100K investment

A DRAGONS’ Den-backed fashion business has closed a year after being given a £100,000 investment from Steven Bartlett. Entrepreneurial brothers Ben and Joe Gallagher founded Luxe Collective in 2018 from their bedroom with nothing to their name. Co-founder Ben Gallagher announced Luxe Collective has been shut down The warehouse was broken into in July last year The founders appeared on Dragons’ Den in January last year Over seven years they manag…

Dragons' Den star behind luxury fashion brand which won £100K investment from Steven Bartlett announces shock closure months after devastating stock burglary

Luxe Collective was set up in 2018 by brothers Ben and Joe Gallagher in Formby, Merseyside, and they had found success in recent years in the luxury resale market.