Desa (company)

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DESA DERİ SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş.
BİST: DESA
IndustryLeather goods
Founded1972
Headquarters
Istanbul
,
Turkey
Area served
Turkey and the UK
Key people
Melih Çelet (founder)
RevenueDecrease2.svg ₺2.44 billion (2023)
Increase2.svg ₺618 million (2023)
Increase2.svg ₺496 million (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svg ₺2.59 billion (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svg ₺1.62 billion (2023)
Number of employees
1,536
Website www.desa.com.tr

Desa is a Turkish leather goods producer and retailer, offering leather jackets, shoes, bags and accessories, backpacks, suitcases, and other leather products such as horse saddles.

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History

The company was founded in Istanbul by chemistry student Melih Çelet in 1972 to produce leather goods for export and the local market through Desa's own retail outlets. The New York office was opened in 1986 and today Desa exports leather clothing and accessories to the US and Europe. Today, Desa has factories in Istanbul and Düzce, their own tannery in Çorlu, 70 retail stores in Turkey. As well as their own brands Desa also produces goods for international brands. [1] [2]

The company has also been a Turkish distributor of the Samsonite brand since the 1980s. [3] [4]

A 30% share of Desa was floated on the Istanbul Stock Exchange in 2004, where they are traded as Desa Deri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (DESA.IS). Desa is a subsidiary of Çelet Holding A.S. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "DESA CEO Melih Çelet: To succeed, we must be distinctive". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Turkey's Desa seeks partner in drive to be global luxury brand". Apr 18, 2014. Retrieved Apr 9, 2020– via www.reuters.com.
  3. ↑ "Desa - About Us". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Desa Faaliyet Raporu 2011 Eng". Mar 23, 2013. Retrieved Apr 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Yahoo! Finance - Desa Deri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (DESA.IS)". Yahoo Finance!. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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