Kopenhagen Fur
{{Short description|Danish fur skin auction company}}
{{Update|date=November 2021}}File:Black cross mink pelts at Copenhagen Fur (1).jpg
Kopenhagen Fur is the largest fur skin auction company in the world.{{cite web|last=Rønlund|first=Didder|title=Kopenhagen Fur Autumn / Winter 13|url=http://www.copenhagenfashionweek.com/designer/kopenhagen-fur|publisher=Copenhagen Fashion Week|accessdate=14 June 2013|date=2013}} It is an agribusiness cooperative, located in Langagervej 60, Glostrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark. At peak demand, the company is able to pack and sort 150,000 furs in one day.{{cite book|last=Bohlbro|first=Henriette Bjerreskov Dinitzen, Dorthe|title=Value-Added Logistics in Supply Chain Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nK6kWMKrdyIC&pg=PA85|accessdate=14 June 2013|year=2010|publisher=Academica|isbn=978-87-7675-847-9|page=85}} In 2020, it was reported to be responsible for 40% of global mink fur production.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|title=What is mink-related coronavirus?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-mink-denmark-cull-vaccine-b1641128.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=The Independent|language=en|first=Liam|last=James}}
Kopenhagen Fur’s business units include production, classification and trade of mink fur,
as well as offering workshop facilities and seminars for designers and researchers. Furward is the company's consultancy subsidiary.{{cite web|title=Kopenhagen Fur Auction Report – April 2013|url=http://www.efurmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1156&Itemid=55&lang=en|work=efurmedia.com|accessdate=14 June 2013}} Kopenhagen Studio has two locations: the Langelinie studio incorporates the company's workshop and marketing department while its Beijing studio at Tsinghua University trains fur designers.{{cite web|title=Kopenhagen Studio pushes the limits|url=http://www.kopenhagenfur.com/fur-innovation|publisher=Kopenhagen Fur|accessdate=14 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813101449/http://www.kopenhagenfur.com/fur-innovation|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}}
History
Most of Europe's fur production was marketed by Finnish Fur Sales of Finland or Copenhagen Fur Center (CFC) of Denmark. Ninety percent of CFC's pelt skins were mink, while fox and fitch skins are also farmed and sold.{{cite book|last=Doelken|first=Th|title=European Business and Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wb1PAQAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Who's Who|page=2122|isbn=9783925306075}} International auctions occur five or six times every year.{{cite book|author=U.S. International Trade Commission|title=Industry and Trade Summary: Furskins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0THfYwYwyRkC&pg=PA18|date=January 2004|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4578-2073-1|pages=18–}}
After three years of planning, the Empress Chinchilla division of CFC, coordinated the worldwide pelt production efforts of chinchilla ranchers in 1963.{{cite book|title=Fur Trade Journal of Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JnkAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Clay Publishing Company|page=71}} In 1979, the major raw fur auctions were occurring in January, March, May, and December at CFC.{{cite book|title=Business America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3510OHVqxZQC|year=1979|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|page=30}} By 1999, approximately 500 buyers would arrive in Copenhagen from 15 countries to bid on some 12 million mink pelts.{{cite book|last=Forbes|first=Bertie Charles|title=Forbes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=syO8AAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Forbes Incorporated}}
Kopenhagen Fur is the world's largest fur skin auction house and the centre of the international fur trade. When Copenhagen Fur Center ended its marketing alliance with Saga Furs of Scandinavia, the company made several changes. The fur center rebranded itself as Kopenhagen Fur to incorporate its geographic location but using the letter K as an unusual design feature.{{cite web|title=Kopenhagen Fur|url=http://re-public.com/en/case/kopenhagen-fur|publisher=Re-public|accessdate=14 June 2013}} The company has been affected by the global economic downturn; pelt prices decreased by 30 per cent between 2008 and 2009 alone.{{cite book|last1=Kim|first1=Eundeok|last2=Fiore|first2=Ann Marie|last3=Kim|first3=Hyejeong|title=Fashion Trends: Analysis and Forecasting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-b-3agoSuQC&pg=PA128|accessdate=14 June 2013|date=22 November 2011|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84788-293-6|page=128}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.kopenhagenfur.com/ Official website]
Category:Clothing companies of Denmark
Category:Wholesalers of Denmark
Category:Clothing companies based in Copenhagen
Category:Companies based in Glostrup Municipality