Cotton On is Australia's retail network, known for its fast-mode clothing for men, women, teenagers, and children. It has nearly 1500 stores in 12 countries and employs 17,000 staff in Australia and internationally.
Cotton On also operates Cotton On Body, Cotton On Kids, Ruby Shoes, Typo, T-bar and Factorie and has Suprà ©  ©.
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History
Cotton On was founded in 1991, with the first store opened in Geelong, Australia. In 2013, the Cotton On chain has more than 1000 stores worldwide. In 2011 the company employs around 5,500 people.
The company was founded by Nigel Austin in Geelong, Australia, at the time only selling women's clothing. Since January 2006, it has been expanded with Cotton On Body and Cotton On Kids in 2007. It was extended to Typo (stationery and gift), and also Rubi Shoes in February 2008. Natalie McLean is the head of the new retail officer of Cotton On Group.
The design team at the Australian company's office controls the production steps from merchandise planning to specifying, and production is diverted to about 150 plants in Europe and Asia. This facility is used for horizontal division of labor rather than integrated.
After the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in April 2013, Cotton On, along with other major Australian retailers, became the campaign's focus by Oxfam Australia to get the company to sign the Bangladesh Fire and Security Agreement.
In 2013, Cotton On acquired the Australian fashion brand SuprÃÆ'Â © and plans to expand the brand internationally.
Cotton On Australian TV personality employed by Lara Bingle to be their One's launch spokesperson, offering a comfortable cotton base shirt offered in various necks including V-neck, spoon and crew. Lara Bingle also designs swimwear for the Australian Brand under their Body label.
Starting November 10, 2016 Cotton On, through the COAR: range, will be a sponsor of off-field and offshore outfits from Geelong Football Club.
All playground equipment and training as well as all licensed clothing and hats for AFL Women's eight clubs are produced by COAR, the Cotton On division.
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Number of stores per September 2016
[*] - Indicates that it's just a basic Cotton On store.
Cotton On Foundation
The Cotton On Foundation was launched in 2007, with a mission to develop 20,000 educational sites by 2020.
Controversy
In December 2012, Cotton On was fined $ 1 million for selling highly flammable children's sleeping clothes mistakenly labeled as low fire hazard. The discount clothing retailer, who has more than 900 outlets across the country, was fined $ 400,000 for selling more than 1000 nightgowns that violate Australian fire safety standards, and an additional $ 400,000 to sell more than 1000 insecure girls pajamas, between September and December 2010. It was fined further $ 200,000 for fake and misleading labels on both sets of clothing that claimed they were low fire hazard .
References
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