Kurt Geiger

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Kurt Geiger
Company type Private
Industry Footwear and Accessories Retailing
Founded1963;61 years ago (1963)
FounderKurt Geiger
Headquarters London, England, UK
Number of locations
70+
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rebecca Farrar-Hockley (Creative Director)
ProductsKurt Geiger London, KG Kurt Geiger, Miss KG, Carvela and Mini Miss KG
Revenue£260 million (2014) [1]
Owner Cinven
Number of employees
1700 [1]
Website www.kurtgeiger.com

Kurt Geiger is a luxury British footwear and accessories brand. Kurt Geiger has around 70 stores, and multiple concessions within department stores, including Harrods and Selfridges. Kurt Geiger owns three brands Kurt Geiger London, KG Kurt Geiger and Carvela, created by its in-house team. [2]

The Kurt Geiger headquarters is located on Britton Street, Clerkenwell, London. The building, originally dating from the 1970s, was remodelled in 2009 by Archer Architects and is finished in a distinctive red, described as Pompean Red. [3]

Kurt Geiger launched the Kindness Foundation in September 2022, a charity dedicated to giving young people the resources needed to enter creative industries. The main goal of the charity is to make creative roles more accessible for young individuals, particularly those from marginalised communities. [4]

History

The company is named after its Austrian founder.

After a management buyout in 2008, it was sold by Graphite Capital to the U.S.-based brand management company The Jones Group in 2011. In 2014, the Jones Group was acquired by Sycamore Partners, who spun off Kurt Geiger into its own company. [5]

In December 2015, London-based private equity firm Cinven acquired Kurt Geiger from Sycamore for £245 million. [1]

In October 2023, Kurt Geiger opened two stores in Mexico City, one in the business district of Santa Fe and another in the shopping mall Perisur. [6]

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