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Mall Of Istanbul
The Mall of İstanbul (with a dotted capital I, the Turkish spelling of the word ''İstanbul''; abbreviated form ''MOİ'') is a mixed-use development in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, centered around one of Turkey's largest shopping malls with of gross leasable area. The complex includes office spaces, a 175-room Hilton Hotel that opened in 2020, an IMAX theater within a fifteen-screen cinema, and a 700-seat theater known as ''MOİ Sahne''. Other facilities comprise an amusement park (''MOİPark''), a nature park, a gourmet center, terraced gardens, swimming pools, a club and spa, sports fields, and WOX Turkey, an illusion and toy museum. The complex opened in April 2014, featuring approximately 350 retail stores. Notable developments in Turkish retail at the site included the introduction of the first two-story LC Waikiki, the first H&M Home store in the country, the first full-line Victoria's Secret store in Turkey, and the second Debenhams store in the nation, follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Başakşehir
Başakşehir is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 107 km2, and its population is 514,900 (2022). It is in the European part of Istanbul. The district is home to İstanbul Başakşehir F.K., a football team competing in the Süper Lig. It also includes Ibn Haldun University and Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital. Additionally, the district features ''Bahçeşehir'', one of Turkey's early suburban residential development projects. Notable sports venues in the district include Atatürk Olympic Stadium and Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. BBC World Service, ''BBC News'' has referred to Başakşehir as a primary hub for the Middle class, middle and Upper class, upper-class Conservatism, conservative demographic in Turkey. This description is based on the concept of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, WASP model, emphasizing the district's representation of a particular sociocultural identity and life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guess (company)
Guess Inc. (styled as GUESS or Guess?) is an American clothing company, notable for its black-and-white advertisements. Guess licenses its brand on other fashion accessories, such as watches, jewelry, perfumes, bags and shoes. History 20th century Guess began in 1981 as a book of styles started by Georges, Maurice, Armand, and Paul Marciano. The brothers switched to selling jeans with a light, form-fitting denim and zippers at the ankles. Guess began offering licensed products, including watches, eyewear, and a fragrance line. In 1985, it introduced black-and-white advertisements, which went on to win numerous design awards. Its fashion models have included a number of supermodels, many of whom first achieved prominence via these ad campaigns. In the 1985 Robert Zemeckis movie, ''Back to the Future'', Marty McFly ( Michael J Fox) wore Guess's denim clothing. Georges had wanted to sell Guess products in only the more exclusive stores, such as Bloomingdale's, while the other brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koton (company)
Koton is a Turkish multinational clothing company. As of 2015, the chain had over 480 retail stores in 28 countries. History Koton started in 1988 with a store in Kuzguncuk. On May 10, 2024, the company went public with the code "KOTON" and started trading on Borsa Istanbul on July 9, 2024. The public offering size of the company, of which 16.5 percent of its shares were listed on the stock exchange, was 4.17 billion liras. Koton has stated that it plans to increase its use of recycled materials in packaging by 50% in 2024. It also plans to use only renewable energy in its facilities by 2023, and be carbon neutral Global net-zero emissions is reached when greenhouse gas emissions and Greenhouse gas removal, removals due to human activities are in balance. It is often called simply net zero. ''Emissions'' can refer to all greenhouse gases or only carbon diox ... by 2040. Criticism Koton continues its operations in Russia despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeFacto (retailer)
DeFacto is a Turkish retail clothing company founded in 2003. It is the second-largest clothing company in Turkey, active in 30+ countries and operating with nearly 500 stores globally. https://corporate.defacto.com.tr/docs/DeFacto_ER_2023_EN.pdf Based in the Halkalı Merkez neighborhood of Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, the company's official name is DeFacto Perakende Ticaret A.Ş. History DeFacto was founded in 2003 by Zeki Cemal Özen, the owner of Ozan Tekstil. Their present CEO is İhsan Ateş, who started his career at LC Waikiki. The company introduced four distinct brands – Captain Hook, DeFacto, Chale, and Sweater – served to customers through 350 retail outlets in Merter. Ozon Clothing leveraged its expertise in production, while outsourcing marketing, retail, sales, and design. Other brands were phased out to concentrate solely on the DeFacto brand of men's, women's, and children's wear, for the first two years without its own retail stores. In 2003, the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decathlon (retailer)
Decathlon () is a French sporting goods retailer. With 1,817 stores in 79 countries and regions (2024), it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world. The company manages the research, design, production, logistics and distribution of its products in-house; partners with global suppliers; and markets its own brands directly to consumers in Decathlon-branded big-box stores. The retailer stocks a wide range of sporting goods, from tennis rackets to advanced scuba diving equipment, usually in large, big-box superstores averaging 4,000 m2 in size. Decathlon Group markets its products under more than 20 brands. The company employs about 101,000 staff (2024). History Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane. The company expanded abroad to Germany in 1986, Spain in 1992, Italy in 1993, Belgium in 1997, Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyner
Boyner Group is one of two major groups, alongside Beymen Group, that grew out of Osman Boyner's textile and clothing manufacturing and retailing enterprises. "Boyner" is also the name of the Boyner Group division Boyner Büyük Mağazacılık, which operates the Boyner department store chain. History Ali Osman Boyner co-founded Altınyıldız (Boyner Holding today) in 1952 with the idea to introduce Turkish fabric to the world and started exporting in 1956. At the end of the 1960s, Boyner began manufacturing ready-to-wear clothing to fill a gap in the Turkish market for quality goods. After long research, he planted the first seeds of the upscale department store Beymen, collaborating with friend and fashion designer Kerim Kerimol and Italian fashion house owner Silvano Corsini. Beymen's first store, featuring its private-label products, opened in 1971 in Şişli, Istanbul. From there, Beymen continued to open new stores and compete with Vakko in the upscale department store busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vakko
Vakko is a Turkish luxury fashion company founded by Vitali Hakko (d. 2007) survived by his son Cem Hakko. It produces and retails textiles, leather goods, and accessories. Vakko also operates luxury department stores under the Vakko name at Zorlu Center, İstinye Park, Akmerkez, Vadi Istanbul, and Akasya malls and on Bağdat Caddesi in Suadiye (Asian side); in Ankara at Atakule and Armada malls, and in İzmir at Hilltown and Istinye Park İzmir malls. It also operates boutiques under the Vakkorama, Vakko Couture, Vakko Wedding, Vakko L'Atelier, and Vakko Home names, as well as Vakko Outlet locations. In 1962, Vakko's eight-story flagship store on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu was the first modern department store in Turkey. It operated until 2006, when it became a branch of Mango. History Vakko was founded in 1934 by Vitali Hakko under the brand name ''Şen Şapka'' () as a small hat seller in Sultanhamam. In 1937, with his older brother Albert Hakko becoming a partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( ; born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger (company), Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line in the 1980s. The company later expanded into women's clothing and various luxury items such as perfumes and went public in 1992. Hilfiger's collections are often influenced by the fashion of music subcultures and marketed in connection with the music industry, with celebrities such as American Contemporary R&B, R&B artist Aaliyah in the 1990s. In 2005, contestants in the CBS reality show ''The Cut (2005 TV series), The Cut'' competed for a design job with Hilfiger in a similar fashion to The Apprentice (American TV series), ''The Apprentice''. In 2006, Hilfiger sold his company for $1.6 billion to Apax Partners, who next sold it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarovski
Swarovski (, ) is an Austrian producer of glass based in Wattens, Tyrol. It was founded in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski. The company is split into three major industry areas: the Swarovski Crystal Business, which primarily produces crystal glass, jewelry, rhinestone, watches and accessories; Swarovski Optik, which produces optical instruments such as telescopes, telescopic sights for rifles, and binoculars; and Tyrolit, a manufacturer of grinding, sawing, drilling, and dressing tools, as well as a supplier of tools and machines. Today, the Swarovski Crystal Business is one of the highest-grossing business units within Swarovski, with a global reach of approximately 3,000 stores in roughly 170 countries, more than 29,000 employees, and a revenue of about 2.7 billion euros (in 2018). Swarovski is now run by the fifth generation of family members. It has been announced, however, that for the first time in the company's key history, senior management positions will come to be fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sephora
Sephora is a French multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products, offering nearly 340 brands alongside its own private label, the Sephora Collection. Its product range includes cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, nail color, beauty tools, body products, and hair care items. The company was founded in Limoges, France in 1969 and is currently based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Since 1996, Sephora has been owned by the luxury goods, luxury conglomerate LVMH. History Sephora was first launched in Paris in August 1970. It is named after the biblical figure Zipporah (French: '':fr:Séphora, Séphora''), wife of Moses. In 1993, Dominique Mandonnaud acquired Sephora and merged it with his own perfume chain under the Sephora brand. Mandonnaud is credited with designing and executing Sephora's "assisted self-service" sales experience, which distinguished itself from standard retail models for cosmetics by encouraging its primarily female customer base to test products in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mango (retailer)
Punto Fa, S.L., trading as Mango, is a Spanish fast-fashion retailer founded in Barcelona by brothers Isak Andic and Nahman Andic. It designs, manufactures and markets women, men and children's clothing and accessories. History Mango was founded by Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Turkey, Isak Andic and his brother Nahman Andic, in 1984. Mango's website was created in 1995, and in 2000, opened its first online store. H.E. by Mango is a men's line created in 2008, and renamed Mango Man in 2014. Football player Zinedine Zidane helped advertise Mango Man. Mango has over 16,000 employees, 1,850 of whom work at the Hangar Design Centre and at its headquarters in Palau Solità i Plegamans, Barcelona. Mango's biggest market is Spain but Istanbul, Turkey, has the largest number of Mango stores. From the Fall of 2012, Kate Moss was Mango's muse. She first appeared in a video featuring Terry Richardson who shot the campaign and directed the commercial. Moss was replaced by Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
