AllSaints

AllSaints is a British fashion retailer headquartered in London, UK. AllSaints sells menswear, womenswear apparel, footwear,
 and accessories in 232 stores, and has approximately 3,200 employees 
across 27 countries including the UK, France, USA, Canada, Russia, South
 Korea and Taiwan. Currently, 85% of the company is owned by Lion Capital LLP.
== History ==
AllSaints was founded in 1994 by Stuart Trevor, and Kait Bolongaro, who 
was the original womenswear designer at AllSaints, and who have since 
gone on to found the Bolongaro Trevor label. AllSaints started as a wholesale menswear brand that sold exclusively to high-end retailers such as Harvey Nichols and Harrods. The company was named after Stuart Trevor's pseudonym, "The Saint", based on his initials "ST" and updated at the 1993 Notting Hill Carnival that he attended, spending much of his time on All Saints Road. The first stand-alone AllSaints store was opened in Foubert Place off Carnaby Street in London on AllSaints Day in 1997.
 The company's first womenswear collection followed the next year 
(1998), born directly out of the expanding menswear collection.
By mid-2004, AllSaints had expanded to 10 stores in the UK and was poised to launch its childrenswear line. Between mid-2004 and the end of 2005, controversial fashion financier Kevin Stanford, co-founder of womenswear chain Karen Millen, bought out each of AllSaints partners besides Stuart Trevor, thus acquiring a majority stake in the company. Finally in December 2005, Stanford bought out Trevor's stake in the company as well. In 2006, AllSaints sold a 35% stake in the company to Icelandic investment firm, Baugur Group, with Kevin Stanford as the majority shareholder. In late 2006, the company launched its e-commerce website.
In April 2011, due to mismanagement by Kevin Stanford, rapid expansion, and the collapse of Icelandic investment firm Baugur Group, All Saints was £53 million in debt and on the brink of collapse. In May 2011, citing AllSaints' international potential and online presence, Lion Capital LLP, the British private equity firm headed by Lyndon Lea, combined with Goode Partners to purchase a 76% stake in AllSaints Spitalfields for £105 million. Lion Capital effectively saved AllSaints from collapse, which would have resulted in the loss of 3,000 jobs. The firm began to take an active role in day-to-day management, and hired 8 new top executives to manage the company.
 In 2012, Wil Beedle, formerly men’s design director, as appointed 
Chief Creative Officer overseeing the design and creative vision for all
 product categories.
In March 2012, Goode Partners sold its 11% stake to Lion Capital 
as well as another 11% stake it held with other co-investors, leaving 
Lion Capital with an 85% stake in AllSaints.
In 2012, Lion Capital brought in William Kim, an industry veteran
 whose career included several years at Gucci Group and most recently 
Burberry, to be Chief Executive Officer. Under CEO William Kim’s 
leadership, the company has successfully turned around its fortunes, 
with latest results announcing a revenue increase of 6% over the 
previous year to £231.1 million, with an increase of 41% in EBITDA to 
£24.4 million, the largest EBITDA in the company’s history.
In 2016 AllSaints launched its first stores in Italy, Turkey, Chile, Peru and Qatar.
Taiwan and Duba
In October of 2018 AllSaints partnered with Revlon to launch its 
first fragrance line featuring Metal Wave, Incense City, and Sunset 
Riot.
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