Hugo Boss

Germany fashion company
Organization fashion_house Q491627
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Summary

Hugo Boss is a fashion house[1]. It draws 13,934 Wikipedia views per month (fashion house category, ranking #2 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"[3], Partnership for Sustainable Textiles[4], Ingo Orbit[5], Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh[6], Better Cotton Initiative[7], Cotton made in Africa[8], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen[9], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung[10], DIRK e.V.[11], Südwesttextil[12]
  • Country: Germany[13]
  • Instance of: public company[14]
  • Founder: Hugo Boss[15]
  • Named after: Hugo Boss[16]
  • Headquarters location: Metzingen[17]
  • Chief executive officer: Daniel Grieder[18]
  • Part of: MDAX[19], CDAX[20]
  • Commons category: Hugo Boss[21]
  • Stock exchange: Xetra[22]
  • Industry: textile industry[23]
  • Inception: January 1, 1924[24]
  • Location of formation: Metzingen[25]
  • Official website: https://www.hugoboss.com/it[26], https://group.hugoboss.com[27], https://www.hugoboss.com[28]
  • Product or material produced: designer clothing[29]
  • Employees: 9030[30], 14,685[31], 18,738[32], 17,527 full-time equivalent[33]
  • Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft[34]
  • Native label: Hugo Boss[35]
  • Owner of: Hugo Boss[36]
  • Different from: Boss[37], Joe Lycett[38]
  • Total revenue: 1,562,000,000 euro[39], 2,796,000,000 euro[40], 4,197,000,000 euro[41], 4,307,000,000 euro[42], 4,270,000,000 euro[43]
  • Net profit: 104,000,000 euro[44], 270,000,000 euro[45], 224,000,000 euro[46], 259,000,000 euro[47]
  • Operating income: 158,400,000 euro[48], 410,000,000 euro[49], 361,000,000 euro[50], 391,000,000 euro[51]
  • Has works in the collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art[52], National Museum Paleis het Loo[53]

Why It Matters

Hugo Boss has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . boerse-frankfurt.de. boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . textilbuendnis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . textilbuendnis.com. Retrieved . textilbuendnis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . textilbuendnis.com. Retrieved . textilbuendnis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . textilbuendnis.com. Retrieved . textilbuendnis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . group.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . group.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . group.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . group.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . group.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . group.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . group.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . group.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [12] ↑ . group.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . group.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Retrieved . annualreport.hugoboss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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