Cotton On Group
Cotton On Group is an Australian retail company known for its fashion, clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across eight brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body, Factorie, Typo, Rubi, Supré, Ceres and Cotton On Foundation.
Cotton On store in Westfield Carousel | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Textile Homeware Stationery |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Nigel Austin |
| Headquarters | Geelong, Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nigel Austin (Managing Director and Founder) Peter Johnson (CEO - Cotton On (Cotton On Adults, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body, Rubi) Natalie McLean (CEO - Emerging Brands (Factorie, Supré, Typo, Ceres) Stuart Higgins (CEO - Community Projects) Michael Hardwick (CFO) |
| Products | Clothing, decorative arts, sportswear |
| Brands | List
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| Revenue | A$4.2 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 20,000 (2023) |
| Website | cottonongroup.com.au |
The design team in the company's Australian office, control the steps of production from merchandise planning to establishing specifications, and production is outsourced to approximately 850 suppliers and factories globally. Cotton On Group sources its materials and products from a number of locations worldwide with the majority of its suppliers being located in China, Bangladesh, India and Australia. It also works with suppliers in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, the United States and other parts of Asia. These facilities are used for horizontal division of labour, rather than being integrated.
Cotton On is a main sponsor of the Geelong Football Club in the Australian rules football as well as the AFL Women's league for female players.