Snipes (company)

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Snipes SE

logo
legal form Societas Europaea
founding 1998
Seat Cologne
management Sven Voth, Tim Spickenbom
Number of employees 922 (2017)
sales 334.3 million euros (2018)
Branch retail trade
Website www.snipes.com

Shop in Mannheim (2015)

Snipes ( spelling : SNIPES ) is a retail chain for streetwear and sneakers . The company was founded in 1998 with a shop in Essen and is based in Cologne.

history

In 1998 Sven Voth opened his first shop for hip-hop fashion in Essen, where he only sold selected brands from this area. By 2007 there were 22 Snipes stores in Germany that he had built without outside capital. The branches in Austria were opened in 2008 as a franchise with Sport Eybl & Sports Experts . In 2011, Dosenbach-Ochsner AG joined the company as a subsidiary of Deichmann SE and took it over. In 2016, Snipes launched the Onygo offshoot with five stores , which exclusively offers streetwear for women. As a company with strong connection to pop and youth culture occurred in 2017 for the first time as a sponsor of the E-Sports on -Events ESL One in Hamburg.

In 2019, Snipes expanded into the United States. With the takeover of stores of the retail chains Kicks USA in January and Mr. Alan’s in July 2019, the number of stores there grew to 95 branches. The US offices are headquartered in Philadelphia .

Companies

Snipes has over 220 stores in nine countries. The countries in which Snipes is active besides Germany are Belgium, France, Austria , Portugal, Switzerland , the Netherlands , Spain and Italy . The company also operates the Onygo stores , which are aimed exclusively at women. In 2019, Snipes took over 95 stores in the United States.

Snipes sponsors musical and sporting events in various fields. Breakdance and hip-hop as well as BMX and skateboarding are the focus.

Web links

Commons : Snipes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Snipes SE, Cologne In: northdata.de , accessed on April 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ SNIPES Trademark of Snipes SE - Registration Number 6004492 - Serial Number 79247185 :: Justia Trademarks. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Verena Kainrath: Snipes is planning 25 new stores. In: derStandard.at. August 31, 2007, accessed August 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Snipes opens with German franchise partner Flagship in Vienna In: franchise.de , accessed on October 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Modeimperium: Snipes, Dosenbach-Ochsner and Deichmann In : wirtschaft.com , February 10, 2014, accessed on October 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ Snipes celebrates new branch in Berlin with the crowd In: sazsport.de , September 29, 2017, accessed on October 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Rüdiger Oberschür: Snipes starts Onygo concept with five openings. In: fashionNetwork.com. September 20, 2016, accessed August 16, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Sneaker and streetwear manufacturer Snipes becomes a new partner of the ESL and enters the esports stage as a further player. In: absatzwirtschaft.de. July 5, 2018, accessed August 16, 2018 .
  9. ↑ a b Katharina Brecht: Deichmann subsidiary expands through acquisition: Snipes takes over another sneaker retailer in the USA. In: textilwirtschaft.de. July 23, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Snipes gains a foothold in Austria . In: derStandard.at . April 11, 2008 ( derstandard.at [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Blick: Snipes stirs up Switzerland: Germans give us the sneaker . August 22, 2014 ( blick.ch [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Snipes expands into the Netherlands. In: schuhkurier.de. October 13, 2014, archived from the original on October 23, 2017 ; accessed on October 22, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Locations: Snipes starts in Italy . In: textilwirtschaft.de . August 2, 2016 ( textilwirtschaft.de [accessed October 22, 2017]).