I.T
{{short description|Hong Kong fashion company}}
{{about|the fashion conglomerate|other uses|It (disambiguation){{!}}It}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = I. T Limited
| logo = 100px
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{sehk|999}}
| industry = Conglomerate
Fashion
Investment
| founded = {{Start date and age|1988|11}} in Hong Kong
| founders = Sham Kar Wai
Sham Kin Wai
| location_city = Wong Chuk Hang
| location_country = Hong Kong
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Sham Kar Wai
(Chairman & CEO)
Sham Kin Wai (CCO)
| products =
| owner =
| num_employees =
| parent =
| website = {{URL|https://www.ithk.com}}
}}
I.T is a Hong Kong fashion and investment conglomerate founded in November 1988. It owns a number of Hong Kong brands which it retails as well as distributing European and Japanese brands such as French Connection and A Bathing Ape. It has a large presence in Asia and several stores in a single mall in Richmond, British Columbia (in Canada closed in 2019).
Its head office is on the 31st floor of Tower A of Southmark (南滙廣場) in Wong Chuk Hang, while its registered office is in Hamilton, Bermuda."[https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/e0999_170613_AR.pdf I.T Limited Annual Report 16/17]." Retrieved on 6 June 2018. p. 15 (PDF p. 11/114): "Registered Office Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM11 Bermuda" and "Head Office and Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong 31/F., Tower A, Southmark 11 Yip Hing Street Wong Chuk Hang Hong Kong" - [https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/c0999_170613_AR.pdf Chinese address], from p. 15 (PDF p. 11/115): "香港總辦事處及主要營業地點 香港黃竹坑業興街11號南滙廣場A座31樓"
History
I.T started in November 1988 by brothers, Sham Kar Wai and Sham Kin Wai, as a distributor of "hard to find" labels in Hong Kong, but more recently developed its own fashion brands.
Stores
File:IT Hysan One shop at night 20120418.JPG, Hong Kong]]
File:HK 觀塘 Kwun Tong 創紀之城五期 APM mall shop IT Clothing Xmas Dec-2013.JPG Shopping mall in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong]]
I.T operates stores under the name "I.T" for distributing more expensive, Japanese and European brands, and "i.t" which distributes all other youthful brands under its name, and also operates individual stores for its sub-brands, such as 5CM.
Brands owned
;In-house brands[https://web.archive.org/web/20110209122436/http://www.google.com/finance?q=HKG:0999 Google Finance]
- 5cm
- b+ab
- Izzue.com
- CHOCOOLATE
- tout a coup
- A Bathing Ape[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703445904576117570521466098?mod=googlenews_wsj Hong Kong's I.T Set to Buy Japan's BAPE Brand]
- fingercroxx
- Venilla Suite
- CAMPER
- X-Large
- Hyoma
- Clotechnow.com
- as known as de Rue
- MLB
- [https://www.clotechnow.com Techwear]
References
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External links
- [https://www.ithk.com/ Official site]
Category:Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Category:Clothing brands of Hong Kong
Category:Clothing companies established in 1988
Category:Clothing companies of Hong Kong
Category:Conglomerate companies of Hong Kong
Category:Clothing retailers of Hong Kong
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