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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Susana Sanchez (CEO) Manuela Medeiros (founder) |
| Products | Bags, accessories, shoes |
| Website | https://www.parfois.com/ |
Parfois is a Portuguese women's accessories brand with fashion accessories such as handbags, jewelry, wallets, sunglasses, belts, scarves, watches, hair accessories, etc.
Parfois started as a fashion accessory brand in 1994, opening its first store in Porto, Portugal. [1]
In September 2019, Parfois inaugurated the opening of its 1,000th store, in Paris. [2]
Parfois is specialized in the creation and distribution of bags (handbags, wallets, travel bags), accessories (jewelry, sunglasses, scarves, belt, hats, gloves), shoes (heels, platform heels, wedges, flats, boots) and clothes (capes, short woven coats, tops, leggings, bottoms).
In 2019, Parfois reached the 1,000 stores milestone. [2] In 2023, the company managed stores in Albania, Poland, Switzerland, Malta, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Spain [3] (365 Spanish stores), Turkey, [1] Trinidad and Tobago, [4] Israel, [5] France [2] [6] and Ireland. [7]
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