Type Public company Industry Consumer CEO Bruce Philip Rockowitz Subsidiaries The Frye Company | Traded as SEHK: 787 Headquarters Singapore CFO Ronald Ventricelli | |
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Area served North America, South America, Europe & Asia Key people Chairman: William Fung; CEO and Vice Chairmen: Bruce Rockowitz Products Apparel, footwear, fashion accessories and lifestyle product Stock price 0787 (HKG) HK$ 0.87 0.00 (0.00%)14 Mar, 4:09 PM GMT+8 - Disclaimer | ||
Global Brands Group Holding Limited (Chinese: 利標品牌有限公司) is a branded apparel, footwear and fashion accessories company. It designs, develops, markets and sells products under a diverse array of owned and licensed brands and a wide range of product categories on a global scale.
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The company has licences for brands including Calvin Klein, Cole Haan, Michael Kors, Guess, Under Armour, Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger, as well as cartoon, film and game characters, including properties from Disney and other major entertainment franchises. The company also either owns or has significant control on brands such as Frye, Juicy Couture, Spyder, Aquatalia, David Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Jones New York, Rachel Zoe, Buffalo David Bitton, Joe's, Rosetti, Tignanello, and Kathy van Zeeland.
In June 2016, Global Brands Group announced a joint venture with Creative Artists Agency for its brand management business called CAA-GBG Global Brand Management Group (CAA-GBG). CAA-GBG works with brand owners, retailers, and manufacturing partners to engage new consumers by extending brands into new geographies and product categories. Through this brand management business, the company manages brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, and Coca-Cola, as well as celebrities including Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Lopez.
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Background
The history of Global Brands Group can be traced back to 2005 when Li & Fung Limited established a wholesale business focusing on private label and branded apparel in order to broaden its relationships with existing and new retailer customers. On 4 December 2013, in preparation for the spin-off from Li & Fung and Listing, Global Brands Group was incorporated in Bermuda. On 13 December 2013, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Li & Fung.
On 9 July 2014, Global Brands Group was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of introduction as a result of a spin-off from Li & Fung. Its business is now separate and independent from Li & Fung's trading and logistics businesses.
On 3 December 2014, Global Brands, together with David Beckham and his long timer business partner Simon Fuller announced the launch of a joint venture to drive the continued development of the Beckham brand in new consumer product categories.
On 15 June 2016, Global Brands announced a joint venture with Creative Artists Agency for its brand management business called CAA-GBG, which instantly became the world's largest brand management company.
On 7 September 2016, Global Brands announced a new joint venture with Katy Perry to grow the Katy Perry brand into new consumer product categories with footwear being the first category to launch.