EroÄŸlu Holding () is a company based in
Avcılar, Istanbul
Avcılar is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 50 km2, and its population is 452,132 (2022). It is on the European side of the city, just to the west of the Lake Küçà ...
,
Turkey
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that manufactures and retails clothing. Between 2015–2017, it owned the brand
Mexx
Mexx is a fashion brand of HVEG Fashion Group that was created in the Netherlands by Rattan Chadha in 1986 by merging his brands Moustache (for men) and Emmanuelle (for women). The brand's name is a combination of two of Chadha's previous bu ...
, with about 300 stores and about 5000 total sales points in 56 countries at the time, based in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, Netherlands.
EroÄŸlu Holding also founded the brands COLIN'S and LOFT. COLIN'S has over 600 stores in 24 countries.
LOFT has 82 stores.
The company's origins date back to the year 1983, when Nurettin EroÄŸlu and his four brothers set up a 150-m
2 clothing factory, which started producing coats and down jackets. In 1986, they started manufacturing their first jeans, branded "Kulis". In 1992, they opened a 10,000m
2 factory in Avcılar, Istanbul. By 1992, production was at 1,500 pairs per day and that same year, they renamed their brand "Colin's Jeans".
By 2015 the Holding had sales of over 1.5 billion USD per year, with 70% coming from outside of Turkey. Russia was its biggest market.
Colin's
As of 2024, Colin's has over 600 stores in 24 countries.
[ As of 2017, 200 stores were located in Russia.][
In 1993, Colin's began to export.
In 2012, Colin's announced its expansion into China.
Colin's is one of the best-known clothing brands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, with about 11 million Ukrainians visiting 65 Colin's stores there during 2017. Amid the ongoing conflict arising from the ]Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, Colin's has continued its online sales operations within Russia.
Mexx
After declaring bankruptcy on December 4, 2014, Dutch
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fashion brand Mexx was acquired by EroÄŸlu Holding in February 2015. Among the aims behind the purchase was the intended use of Mexx's established European brand recognition to give EroÄŸlu Holdings access to new European markets and points of sale.
Manufacturing
In addition to the earlier factories, in 1998 EroÄŸlu Holding opened a new 35,000m2 facility in Esenyurt
Esenyurt (), formerly known as Ksenos, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 43 km2, and its population is 983,571 (2022). Located in the European side of Istanbul, Es ...
, Istanbul, and in 2003 a 45,000m2 factory in Çorlu
Çorlu () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 531 km2, and its population is 300,296 (2024). It is a rapidly growing industrial center built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and ...
, and in 2004 a smaller 10,000m2 factory in the founder's hometown of Aksaray.[ The Holding thus now manufactures in Istanbul and ]Aksaray
Aksaray () is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aksaray Province and Aksaray District. in Turkey, and in 2024, EroÄŸlu invested $40 million in a 62,000m2 jeans factory in Egypt
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's Suez Canal
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Economic Zone (SCZone), to employ 2,750 workers.[
By 2024 the Group had a production capacity of 20 million units per year.][
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References
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External links
Corporate website
Retail companies of Turkey