New Yorker (clothing)
New Yorker, legally New Yorker Group Services International GmbH & Co.KG, is a German clothing retailer headquartered in Braunschweig.
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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Clothing Retail |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Braunschweig, Germany |
Key people | Friedrich Knapp, Chairman & CEO |
| Products | Wear Accessories |
| Website | newyorker.de |
Overview
In 1971 the first New Yorker store was opened in Flensburg.[1] In December 2006, the company won the first billion in sales. By March 2015, the company owned 1,001 branches in 40 countries:[2] Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and Belarus.
In March 2012 Olly Murs became the face for New Yorker's men spring/summer range[3] and customers were able to get their photos taken with a cardboard cut-out of Murs.
The company has over 16,000 employees.[2] New Yorker is naming sponsor of the Braunschweig-based German Football League team New Yorker Lions and the Basketball Bundesliga team New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig. The company also sponsors the international b-boy competition Battle of the Year.
Stores
| Country | Number of stores |
|---|---|
| Germany | 285 |
| Austria | 91 |
| Poland | 89 |
| Russia | 74 |
| Czech Republic | 51 |
| Hungary | 37 |
| Switzerland | 34 |
| Romania | 32 |
| Slovakia | 30 |
| Spain | 29 |
| Netherlands | 28 |
| France | 51 |
| Sweden | 26 |
| Croatia | 24 |
| Serbia | 20 |
| Slovenia | 16 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 |
| Bulgaria | 11 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 |
| Norway | 9 |
| Estonia | 8 |
| Finland | 8 |
| Lithuania | 8 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Portugal | 7 |
| Latvia | 9 [4] |
| Ukraine | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| Armenia | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| Angola | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 2 |
| Macedonia | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 |
| Montenegro | 1 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Egypt | 1 |
| Iceland | 2 |
| Kosovo | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 |
See also
References
- "New Yorker has opened its 900th shop". sportswear-international. 15 November 2011.
- "New Yorker: fashion giant with secrets". fashionunited.uk. 20 March 2015.
- "Olly Murs In The "Right Place, Right Time" For US Album Debut". stereotude.com. 18 September 2012.
- https://www.newyorker.de/lv/stores/