Esprit designs, produces and distributes a wide variety of products including Women’s Sportswear, Children’s Wear, Footwear and Accessories. Check out the Esprit Online Store. Esprit Product Catalog available here!
Esprit designs, produces and distributes a wide variety of products including Women’s Sportswear, Children’s Wear, Footwear and Accessories. Check out the Esprit Online Store.
Product lines Esprit's various product areas consist of individual divisions that are organised as independent corporate units.
Women Casual - sporty-fashionable styles for indoors and outdoors
Women Collection - high quality feminine business looks
Men Casual - uncomplicated sportswear with a high level of comfort
Men Collection - elegant, trend-orientated business line
Esprit Kids* - current trends, suitably interpreted for children from Newborn to Minis (0 to 7 years)
Esprit Sports Kids - sportswear collection for young ladies aged 8 to 15 years
edc youth by Esprit - the very latest styles for "little rebels" aged from 8 to 14 years
edc by Esprit - very trendy instant program that includes matching accessories and shoes; for young women aged 14 to 24
edc by Esprit - trend clothes for young, fashionable men
Accessories - bags, leather and textile accessories for men and women
Shoes* - women's, men's and children's shoes in styles ranging from modern to classic, from leather to nylon
Bodywear* - day and nightwear and swimwear for men and women
Esprit Sports - skiwear, fitness fashions and streetwear for men and women who combine fashion and function with flair and feeling
* by license partners in the USA; see "US license partners"
Excellent products
A team of international designers translates the Esprit attributes into regular collections self-confidently, naturally, stylishly and sensually: twelve collections are produced for six order dates per year and product line for Women Collection, Men Casual, Kids, edc youth, Shoes + Accessories and Esprit Sports Women, Men + Kids; the twelve edc and Women Casual collections can be ordered monthly. Four collections are produced a year for Esprit Bodywear and Men Collection.
Although the company focuses on the product and price/performance ratio, Esprit also invests continuously in quality and fit - high standards that are also maintained in manufacture. "Our customers expect us to produce contemporary, high quality and yet affordable goods", explains Heinz Krogner. "And not only do we have to do so, but we have to make sure we do so continuously and over a long period of time".
America, 1968. Susie and Doug Tompkins are travelling through California in a station wagon filled with homemade clothes. Theirs is an unconventional method of selling - from the back seat of a vehicle - but even their very first customers are delighted, and one of the world's most successful young fashion brands is born: Esprit.
Worldwide success
As the Esprit headquarters developed in Europe (Düsseldorf) and Asia (Hong Kong) in the 70s, the founder company Esprit USA gradually became an entirely self-sufficient company.
What began in Germany with young sportswear fashion for women marketed under the name of Esprit de Corp soon became one of the most successful young fashion brands on the European market. The American rights were bought back in April 2002, and since then the Esprit group has been one of few global companies to hold 100% of a brand worldwide.
In the first six month of the 2003/04 business year Esprit Holdings Limited achieved consolidated sales of 810 million Euro (per 31.12.03) - an impressive growth of 32% compared to last fiscal year. The Esprit Holdings Limited share price is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (second listing in London), the Hang Seng index and the MCSI index Hong Kong, as well as the FTSE All World Index for Hong Kong.
Date Added to Directory: 4/22/2001, Current Content: 8/21/2008, Days in Directory: 2678
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