Giglio (company) explained

Giglio
Industry:Fashion and clothing
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Hq Location City:Palermo
Hq Location Country:Italy
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Products:Luxury fashion products and accessories
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Giglio is fashion brand that sells online and in stores located in Palermo, Italy. The company has its origins in the 1960s, operating 80 multi-brand stores and ecommerce through Giglio.com.[1] Giglio sells luxury and fashion products and accessories[2] with the majority of sales occurring through its website.[3]

Giglio was founded by Michele Giglio in the 1960s. Michele began the business as a small fabric shop with knowledge learned from the family textile and haberdashery shop.[4] [5] He turned the fabric shop into a fashion store and became a Ltd by the 1970s. He began to move the designs into exhibition spaces. It grew into several retail locations in Palermo, Italy, and began selling online through Giglio.com in 2007.[6]

Giglio has become a name in the fashion sector of Sicily.[4] As of 2019, it operates as a joint stock company. Equilybra invested in Giglio in 2019, taking a minority stake in the company.[7] It has also been ranked in the FT1000 as one of Europe's fastest growing companies.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amato . Gioacchino . Palermo: nuovi soci per Giglio.com, tre milioni di euro da una holding . Repubblica . Italian . 29 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Il portale di e-commerce di moda e lusso Giglio.com quota minibond da 2 mln. Lo sottoscrive Zenit sgr . Be Beez . Italian . 28 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Nascono i giganti del retail italiano . MF Fashion . Italian . 30 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Amadore . Nino . L'emporio del lusso Giglio.com è made in Palermo . Economia . Italian . 13 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Falcone . Alessandra . "Sicilia Fashion Night", in passerella la donna primavera/estate 2012 . Rosalio . Italian . 24 December 2011.
  6. Web site: Federico Giglio Giglio.com diventerà un grande marketplace multimarca . Fashion Magazine . Italian . 22 February 2019.
  7. Web site: Equilybra investe in Giglio . MF Fashion . Italian.
  8. Web site: Due imprese palermitane nella classifica del Financial Times . Guidasicilia . Italian . 24 March 2019.