SHANGHAI, Dec. 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mecox Lane Limited ("Mecox Lane" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:MCOX), a multi-brand and multi-channel retailer of health, beauty and lifestyle products, today announced that the Company has entered into a share purchase agreement on December 19, 2014 with Oak Investment Partners XII, LP, pursuant to which the Company has sold its entire equity interest in its joint venture, Giosis Mecoxlane, for consideration of US$2.0 million.

"The sale of Mecox Lane's interest in the Giosis Mecoxlane joint venture is the latest step in our strategy of directing our available resources to the Company's best-performing lines of business, specifically our sales of health and beauty products," said Mecox Lane's director and chief executive officer, Ms. Ingrid Wang. "In addition to the joint venture's prolonged underperformance, its platform of multiple, competing sellers is no longer consistent with our current plans for developing more membership-oriented sales and marketing. With the sale, we will be no longer burdened with a loss-making business, and can focus more on our current core business. We will remain a multi-channel retailer and plan to further expand the Company's online sales channels and build our mobile sales capabilities."

The joint venture was established in December of 2012, under the direction of the Company's former management team, to operate an online marketplace of competing and independent sellers and brands. With the purchase by Cnshangquan of approximately 63.7% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Mecox Lane, and the arrival of a new management team in May of this year, the Company has since spun-off its apparel and accessories business to focus on providing membership-oriented health and beauty products to consumers in China.

About Mecox Lane Limited

Mecox Lane Limited (Nasdaq:MCOX) is a multi-brand and multi-channel retailer in China focused on providing its broad base of urban and upwardly mobile customers with health and beauty products that are in step with their increasingly wellness-focused lifestyles. For more information on Mecox Lane, please visit http://ir.mecoxlane.com.

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CONTACT: For investor and media inquiries please contact:

         In China:

         Christina Hou
         Mecox Lane Limited
         Tel: +86-21-3108-1111 Ext. 8161
         Email: ir@mecoxlane.com

         Nicholas Manganaro
         Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
         Tel: +86-10-8520-6139
         Email: mcox@ogilvy.com

         In the U.S.:
         
         Justin Knapp
         Ogilvy Financial, U.S.
         Tel: +1-616-551-9714 
         Email: mcox@ogilvy.com

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