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Celio (officially), or celio* (in advertising), is a French men's
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retailer Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesal ...
headquartered in Saint-Ouen,
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. It caters primarily to the
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an market. Most of Celio's stores are located in shopping centres, with a smaller percentage to be found in the shopping districts of cities and large
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s. In 2005, the group employed over 1,800 people, with around 1,500 working in stores and the remainder at the group's
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and
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s.


History

In 1978, two brothers took over their family shop located in
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, in
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. They began opening other shops as early as 1980, all in Parisian region. The concept, Celio, being truly born in 1985. In 1989, Celio had 34 establishments in France. In 1992, store counts had reached 150 establishments in France. They began opening shops in
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and in
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, then in Portugal (1994) and Italy (1999). In 2019 Julia Grosman, daughter of the company founder, organised a high-profile Advertising event with
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at Cremerie de Paris Hôtel de Villeroy, a historic location near the luxury department store
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is a large department store in the First arrondissement of Paris, first arrondissement of Paris; the nearest metro station is Pont Neuf station, Pont-Neuf. Founded in 1870 b ...
where King
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used to live as a child. The event was featured in the history of the Bourbon King.


Active sales locations

Celio has stores, sub-offices, and warehouses in 56 countries on six continents. 70% of Celio shops are in shopping centers, while 30% are street locations.


Africa

*Morocco: 19 *Tunisia: 12 *Algeria: 4 *Ivory Coast: 3 *Libya: 3 *Mauritius: 3 *Senegal: 2 *Cameroon: 2 *Congo: 1 *Gabon: 1 *Ghana: 1 *Mauritania: 1 *Nigeria: 3 *Reunion: 1


Americas

*Chile: 4 *Colombia: 4 *Panama: 4 *Guatemala: 2 *Martinique: 2 *Mexico: 3


Asia

*India: 131 *Israel: 33 *Thailand: 16 *Taiwan: 14 *Saudi Arabia: 12 *Philippines: 7 *Jordan: 3 *Armenia: 4 *Bahrain: 2 *Kuwait: 2
Lebanon
5 *Syria: 2 *Azerbaijan: 1 *Georgia: 1 *Kazakhstan: 1 *Malaysia: 1 *Mongolia: 1 *Qatar: 1 *Uzbekistan: 1


Europe

*France: 555 *Italy: 79 *Spain: 56 *Belgium: 33 *Russia: 26 *Czech Republic: 11 *Bulgaria: 4 *Cyprus: 6 *Ukraine: 5 *Albania: 4 *Greece: 4 *Lithuania: 4 *Poland: 4 *Moldova: 3 *Romania: 3 *Slovakia: 3 *Andorra: 2
Malta
4 *Belarus: 1 *Luxembourg: 1 *North Macedonia: 1


References


External links


Celio homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celio (Retailer) Privately held companies of France Clothing brands of France Sportswear brands Clothing retailers of France French companies established in 1978