by Elizabeth Paton

The global luxury market might be heading for its weakest year since 2009, but private equity investment, at least within the Italian fashion sector, appears to be back on a growth trend.

After lurching from one recession to the next after the 2008 financial crisis, the hundreds of thousands of small- and medium-size businesses that make up Italy's fragmented economy — and luxury industry — are taking stock of their options for long-term growth prospects. 

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