Dressmann store in Umeå, Sweden. Drottninggatan

Dressmann is a chain of men's clothing stores owned by

Varner-Gruppen Varner-Gruppen AS is a textile firm in Norway with approximately 500 stores around the country, including , , , Dressmann and Dressmann XL, , Volt, and Levi's Store. The stores are located in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The group has m ...

. It was founded in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Frank Varner Frank Varner (14 July 1937 – 26 June 2001) was a Norwegian businessman. He established the holding company Varner-Gruppen, which developed into the largest operator in the textile retailing trade in Norway. Biography He was born in Oslo ...

, who opened the first store in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

in 1967. In addition to Norway, Dressmann stores can now be found in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

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Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

(to 2014),

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

and

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. In 2013 the number of stores had grown to 400. In 2010 it started a one-year collaboration with the rock band

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. Dressmann got the rights to use old classical songs in advertisement as well as artwork created by the Rolling Stones. Dressmann is now the leading chain of men's clothing stores in Northern Europe.

Insolvency in Austria

Dressmann Austria filed for insolvency on May 18th, 2020. Around 50 creditors with total claims of 14.2 million euros were affected by the

insolvency In accounting, insolvency is the state of being unable to pay the debts, by a person or company ( debtor), at maturity; those in a state of insolvency are said to be ''insolvent''. There are two forms: cash-flow insolvency and balance-sheet i ...

proceedings. The last Dressmann store in Austria closed on 31st of August, followed by sale that saw products' prices reduced to up to 50%.

References

External links

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