Talk:Esprit Holdings/Archives/2012

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COI/peacock by editor from Esprit

Today, a user from Esprit Holdings has added lots of information to the article and has added her company e-mail address as a comment. The text seems to come right from promotional material and contains plenty of peacock terms. I would rather remove the new content and ask the contributor to re-add a neutral version than go through the trouble and remove all peacock terms. What do you all think?--Biologos (talk) 10:18, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Bermuda Islands

This Company is registrated at bermuda islands. Why is it not mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.200.107.34 (talk) 22:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced (Original Research?) Section

The following "Milestones" section is unreferenced and appears to exist mainly/exclusively to publicise the company rather than convey encyclopedic knowledge. If you know of reliable independent sources that support some of the claims made, feel free to add back relevant parts of the section, suitably supported.Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:00, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Milestones

The 1960s

1968, San Francisco: Susie and Doug Tompkins begin to sell the first fashion line from the trunk of their estate car

The 1970s

1971, Hong Kong: The Esprit Far East Group is born when Susie and Doug Tompkins meet Michael Ying, the former Group Chairman and Shareholder of Esprit
San Francisco: The company is founded and registered under the name of Esprit de Corp.
1976, Düsseldorf: Esprit starts out in Germany under the name Esprit de Corp. with young sportswear. CEO Jürgen Friedrich establishes the Esprit European Headquarters in Düsseldorf
1978, San Francisco: For the first time, company turnover exceeds 100 million US dollars. Independent Esprit companies are founded in Germany and Hong Kong
New York: John Casado designs the present Esprit logo with the stencil lettering

The 1980s

1986, Cologne: Esprit opens its first German store in Cologne.
1989, San Francisco: The Japanese art publisher Robundo publishes “Esprit, the Comprehensive Design Principle”, the corporate design manual

The 1990s

1993, Hong Kong: Esprit Holdings Ltd is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange
1995, New York: The Esprit licences Esprit eyewear, timewear, bath+bed, socks+tights
1998, Düsseldorf: Launch of the young line edc by Esprit

2000 to date

2000, Hong Kong: Esprit Holdings Ltd is among the shares listed in the Morgan Stanley MSCI Hong Kong Index
2003, New York: Esprit Holdings Ltd completely buys back the American brand rights and holds 100 per cent worldwide ownership of their brand
Düsseldorf: Heinz Krogner is appointed Deputy Chairman and Group CEO of Esprit Holdings Ltd. A global strategy for Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, USA and Canada is passed – the bundling of global functions in wholesale, retail, licenses, visual, image and design.
Ratingen: The company moves into the Global Business Headquarters Ratingen
2004, Ratingen: An exhibition is held in honour of Ettore Sottsass at the Global Business Headquarters. The designer and founder of the Memphis style shaped the design and the architecture of the Esprit stores and showrooms worldwide
2005, London: Esprit establishes the first Esprit Academy for the promotion of young junior talents from various fields. This is kicked off by a cooperation with the London School of Fashion
Hong Kong: Esprit appoints Thomas Grote President Esprit Brand
2007, Hong Kong: Heinz Krogner is appointed Chairman and Group CEO
Ratingen: edc by Esprit becomes an independent brand with an independent team and its own strategy. edc by Esprit mono-brand stores present the complete edc product range
Berlin/Ratingen: MTV Networks International and edc by Esprit announce the extensive partnership with MTV Europe Music Awards 2007
Berlin: Esprit sponsors the United Nations photo exhibitions “Chasing the dream”
2008, Ratingen: Esprit launches the new label de.corp Esprit Urban Casual young, urban and feminine
From 2008, India: Esprit is supporting a family education project in India for SOS Children's Village

Outdated Information

Most of the cited fígures and numbers refer to the year 2008. This should be updated. --SaraFinale (talk) 14:20, 24 August 2012 (UTC)