![An employee tidies up shoes in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German sportswear company Puma to its line-up of Gucci ... An employee tidies up shoes in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German sportswear company Puma to its line-up of Gucci ...](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/bccee49fa3b54447a546b238416d3b8b/2e6w6jj.jpg)
An employee tidies up shoes in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German sportswear company Puma to its line-up of Gucci ...
![Belts are pictured in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German Belts are pictured in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1BN12/belts-are-pictured-in-the-puma-factory-outlet-store-in-herzogenaurach-near-nuremberg-april-10-2007-french-retailer-ppr-on-tuesday-made-a-53-billion-euro-707-billion-bid-to-hitch-german-sportswear-company-puma-to-its-line-up-of-gucci-and-yves-saint-laurent-iconic-fashion-brands-reutersmichaela-rehle-germany-2D1BN12.jpg)
Belts are pictured in the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German
![Flages wave over the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German sportswear Flages wave over the Puma factory outlet store in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg April 10, 2007. French retailer PPR on Tuesday made a 5.3 billion euro ($7.07 billion) bid to hitch German sportswear](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D266HF/flages-wave-over-the-puma-factory-outlet-store-in-herzogenaurach-near-nuremberg-april-10-2007-french-retailer-ppr-on-tuesday-made-a-53-billion-euro-707-billion-bid-to-hitch-german-sportswear-company-puma-to-its-line-up-of-gucci-and-yves-saint-laurent-iconic-fashion-brands-reutersmichaela-rehle-germany-2D266HF.jpg)