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Hugo Boss

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Also known as HUGO BOSS AG, BOSS

Germany fashion company

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It is catalogued under topics including 1980s initial public offerings, Clothing brands of Germany and Clothing companies established in 1924.

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Key facts

Company type
Public ( Aktiengesellschaft )
Traded as
FWB : BOSS , MDAX Component
Industry
Clothing Accessories
Founded
1924 ; 102 years ago ( 1924 )
Founder
Hugo Ferdinand Boss
Headquarters
Metzingen , Germany
Key people
Daniel Grieder ( CEO ), Yves Müller ( CFO / COO ), Oliver Timm ( CSO ) , Stephan Sturm (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Products
High-fashion , Accessories , Footwear
Revenue
€4.3 billion (2024)
Operating income
€361 million (2024)
Net income
€224 million (2024)
Total assets
€3.782 billion (2024)
Total equity
€1.450 billion (2024)
Owners
Free Float (64%), Frasers Group (19%), Marzotto family (15%), Own shares (2%)
Number of employees
18,623 (2024)
Website
hugoboss.com

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Company

Jurisdiction
DE
Headquarters
Metzingen, DE

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
public company
Named after
Hugo Boss
Country
Germany
Founded by
Hugo Boss
Headquarters
Metzingen
Parent organization
Marzotto
Employees
18738
Revenue
4200000000
Stock exchange
Xetra
Official website
www.hugoboss.com
Image
Buildings of Hugo Boss AG in Metzingen 13.jpg
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inception
1924-01-01
Commons category
Hugo Boss
location of formation
Metzingen
operating income
158400000
native label
Hugo Boss
net profit
270000000
social media followers
708287
different from
Joe Lycett
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Encyclopedic overview

Hugo Boss AG (stylized in all caps) is a German designer fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands, with global sales of about €4.3 billion in 2024. Its stock is a component of the MDAX. The company's fashion brands are Boss and Hugo. Hugo Boss also sells licensed brand products for children's fashion, eyewear, watches, home textiles, riding apparel, writing utensils and fragrances.

The company was founded in 1924 in Germany by Hugo Boss and originally produced general-purpose clothing. In the early 1930s, Hugo Boss began to produce and supply military uniforms for the government of Nazi Germany, resulting in a large boost in sales. After World War II and the founder's death in 1948, Hugo Boss started to turn its focus to men's suits. The company went public in 1988 and introduced a fragrance line that same year, adding men's and women's wear diffusion lines in 1997, a full women's collection in 2000, and children's clothing in 2006–2007. The company has since evolved into a major global fashion house. As of December 2024, it operated 1,532 own retail points of sale worldwide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hugo Boss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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