Crocodile Garments
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| Type | Retail |
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| Industry | Garments |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong |
| Products | Clothes |
| Website | http://www.crocodile.com.hk |
Crocodile Garments SEHK: 0122 is a textile and garments company in Hong Kong. Crocodile Garments was founded by the late Dr. Chan Shun in 1952.
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[edit] History
Chan sold the business in 1987 to Lai Sun Garment, controlled by the late billionnaire Lim Por Yen.[1]
Crocodile Garments originally sold dress shirts before expanding to become the largest chain garment store in Hong Kong. They exported to Japan, Singapore and other Asian Countries. A second line called Cal-Thomas was started in CA, USA. Crocodile emerged as the leading fashion label with the expansion of a woman's line and children's line called CrocoKids. At its peak, Crocodile garments was the largest garment chain before the conception of G2000, Giordano, U2 and Bossini in the 1990s.
[edit] Legal dispute with Lacoste
Crocodile had a long standing dispute over the logo and clothing lines with Lacoste. Crocodile uses a crocodile logo that faces left while Lacoste uses one that faces right. The two fought for the logo rights in China, but eventually reached a compromise with Crocodile agreeing to change its logo to have a more vertical tail and more scales for its logo.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 13元錢起家的一代富豪:林百欣生前身後事 "The Lim Por-yen story", www.cctv.com, 17 October 2005 (Chinese)
- ^ CNN.com Business - Crocodile tears end logo fight - Oct. 31, 2003
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