Bestseller (company)
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1975 |
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Brande , Ikast-Brande Municipality , Denmark
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| management | Anders Holch Povlsen |
| Number of employees | over 17,000 (of which 3,300 in Denmark; 2017/18) |
| sales | 3.3 billion euros (2017/18) |
| Branch | Textile trade |
| Website | www.bestseller.com |
| Status: 2018 | |
Bestseller is a Danish family-run textile retail company with headquarters in the village of Brande . It is one of the largest European clothing companies. Bestseller is best known to the public through the fashion brands Jack & Jones , Only and Vero Moda .
history
In 1975 Troels Holch Povlsen founded the women's fashion store Pigalle in Aarhus . The shop's range was gradually expanded to include children's (1986) and men's clothing (1988). From this business later, under the management of the son, the business economist Anders Holch Povlsen , the bestseller group with around 9000 stores worldwide under the brand logos Jack & Jones , Only and Vero Moda (status 2018) emerged.
Brands
The Bestseller company sells over 20 brands for different customer segments, including a .: Jack & Jones (men's and boys 'clothing and jeans), Mamlicious ( maternity clothing ), Name It ( children's clothing ), Only (women's outerwear, jeans), Pieces (women's outerwear, shoes, accessories), Selected Homme (men's and boys' outerwear) , Selected Femme (women's outerwear), Vero Moda (women's outerwear), Vila (women's outerwear), YAS and YAS Sport.
The group of companies generates around 70% of sales with the brands Jack & Jones , Only and Vero Moda (as of 2018).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About Bestseller: Facts & Figures . Bestseller website, accessed December 31, 2018.
- ↑ The largest European fashion brands in 2016 . In: Textilwirtschaft , accessed on December 31, 2018 (PDF; rank: 17th).
- ↑ Top ten fashion companies in Europe: 3rd place . In: Manager Magazin , February 26, 2016, accessed December 31, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Helmut Steuer: This is how Anders Holch Povlsen formed one of the most successful fashion groups in Europe . In: Handelsblatt , July 25, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2018.
- ↑ About bestsellers . Bestseller website, accessed December 31, 2018.