Giorgio Armani S.p.A., commonly known as Armani, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in Milan by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, accessories, and home interiors. Among others, Armani licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear and L'Oréal for fragrances and cosmetics. It is considered Italy's third-biggest fashion group behind Gucci and Prada.
Standa was an Italian chain of department stores.
Carrefour Express is a convenience store chain owned and operated by French retailer Carrefour with locations in three continents. Carrefour Express was created in 2007 to consolidate all convenience stores owned by Carrefour worldwide under one name. In 2010, all convenience store operations in France, including Marché Plus, Champion and Shopi were rebranded as Express.
Italiana Petroli S.p.A., also known by the acronym API or Gruppo API, is an Italian oil and energy company headquartered in Rome. It is active in the fuel and mobility services sector through the IP Gruppo API brand.
La Rinascente is a high-end Italian department store chain that operates nine stores in Italy, including two flagship locations in Milan and Rome.
GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy.
Coin is an Italian upmarket department store chain dedicated to the worlds of apparel, home decorations, accessories and beauty. Its headquarters are located in Mestre.
Liu Jo is an Italian high fashion company founded by Marchi brothers in 1995 in Carpi, Italy. As of 2022, the company has 160 stores in Italy and another 200 located primarily in Europe.
The Chirathivat family is a Thai family of Chinese descent. The family was headed by Tiang Chirathivat, who migrated to Siam from Hainan and settled in Bangkok in 1927. Tiang's original Chinese surname was Cheng. He had 26 children with three wives that resulted in roughly 220 descendants today. Fifty-one are currently involved in the business. His descendants jointly own and manage the Central Group, and are ranked third on Forbes' list of Thailand's fifty richest.
Miss Sixty is an Italian fashion brand specializing in denim ready-to-wear and fashion accessories.
Scotch & Soda, sometimes branded as Scotch & Soda Amsterdam, is a Dutch fashion retail company founded in 1985 by Laurent Hompes and currently owned by brand management firm Bluestar Alliance. In 2023, Scotch & Soda filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands, followed by its European and German divisions in 2024.
Vittorio Radice is an Italian businessman, investor, retail veteran, chairman of Switzerland's Globus and vice-chairman of Italy's la Rinascente S.p.A.. Credited with revamping London department store Selfridges, 150-year-old Italian department store la Rinascente, Berlin's Kaufhaus des Westens and Switzerland's Globus.
Tos Chirathivat is the executive chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Central Group and head of one of Thailand's leading family business groups. The Central Group owns more than 100 department stores and shopping malls. It also operates hotels and restaurants, with a total of 5,000 outlets. He and his family are among the richest families in Thailand.
Crédit Agricole Carispezia S.p.A. formerly known as Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia S.p.A., or Carispezia in short, is an Italian savings bank, which is part of Crédit Agricole Italia, the Italian arm of French banking group Crédit Agricole.
Banca Apulia S.p.A. marketed as BancApulia is an Italian bank incorporated in San Severo, in the Province of Foggia, Apulia region. The main office of the bank was located in Bari, in the centre of Apulia region instead. The bank was takeover by Intesa Sanpaolo, after the previous owner was under administration and then being liquidated.
Reda Group is an Italian wool mill established in 1865 by Carlo Reda. The mill is located in Valdilana, in the historic Biella region.
OVS is an Italian clothing company. It has stores in 35 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia with a total of about 1285 locations. Revenues were €1.32 billion in 2015. It is the largest clothing retailer in Italy, accounting for about 5% of the national clothing retail market.
Cassa di Risparmio della Marca Trivigiana, also known as Cassamarca in short, was an Italian savings bank headquartered in Treviso, Veneto. The history of the bank goes back to 1496 when the charitable institution Monte di Pietà di Treviso was founded. The savings bank was established by the Monte in 1907, following a first bank spinoff in 1822 that ended up being absorbed in 1872 by the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde.
Giunti EditoreS.p.A. is an Italian publishing house founded in Florence in 1956. The company is based in Villa La Loggia, in via Bolognese, and affiliated offices in Milan. Giunti S.p.A. is the leader of a group comprising various brands and that is placed at second place among the Italian publishing groups by turnover.
