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Vinony's link graph records 717 inbound references to Hugo Boss, and connects out to Süddeutsche Zeitung, suit and net income.
It is catalogued under topics including 1980s initial public offerings, Clothing brands of Germany and Clothing companies established in 1924.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Named after
- Hugo Boss
- Country
- Germany
- Founded by
- Hugo Boss
- Headquarters
- Metzingen
- Parent organization
- Marzotto
- Industry
- textile industry
- Employees
- 18738
- Revenue
- 4200000000
- Stock exchange
- Xetra
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- 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.