Topman
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion clothing textiles |
| Genre | Retail |
| Founded | 1970[1] |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK, |
Number of locations | Over 175 Stores |
Area served | United Kingdom Ireland Greece Malaysia Russia Australia Sweden Singapore Thailand Philippines United States Indonesia |
Key people | Sir Philip Green (Chairman) David Shepherd (Brand Director) |
| Products | Men's fashion |
| Revenue |  GB£ 1.8 billion |
 GBP 357.5 million | |
| Owner | Sir Philip Green and family |
| Parent | Arcadia Group |
| Website | Topman.com |
Topman is the stand-alone fashion business counterpart of Topshop that caters exclusively to men’s clothing. A part of the Arcadia Group, which also owns Burton, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans, British Home Stores and Dorothy Perkins, Topman has a chain of high-street men's clothing stores located throughout the United Kingdom and has a presence on just about every UK High Street, and in Ireland main street outlets in six cities and towns. Topman was created in the UK towards the end of the 1970s to provide a new approach to menswear retailing. Since its creation, Topman has also built an international presence, including concession outlets in boutique stores in Chicago, New York, Japan, and two entire floors at the ‘world’s largest fashion shop’, in Oxford Circus, London. Recently, Topman has entered Canada with exclusive shops at The Bay in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Products
Topman's main product offerings are fashionable men's clothing, covering everything from men's formal suits to informal indie-rock-influenced casual-styling ranges, along with footwear and fashion accessories. Topman also sells a specially-designed range of clothing at their flagship London store in an area named 'Lens'. Its current offerings included items by Dexter Wong Ltd, Fred Perry, Licentious, Siv Stoldal, Carolyn Massey, Material Boy, Mjolk and 'Topman Design'.
Over recent years, Topman has collaborated with young designers such as Kim Jones, Markus Lupfer and Peter Jensen as well as launching its own premium label ‘Topman Design’. After showing seasonally to the menswear press arena, Topman joined forces with Fashion East to produce 'MAN', a menswear event that takes place on schedule at the London Fashion Week, showcasing new menswear design as well as the Topman Design collection.
In 2008, Topman collaborated with new label The Look Presents, the creation of rock-fashion author Paul Gorman and Soho boutique owner, Max Karie, to launch 'the Look Presents'.
This comprised three collections:
- A range of T-shirts by the 70s label Wonder Workshop which was launched in June 2008.
- A T-shirt collection by Nigel Waymouth, founder of the King's Road store Granny Takes a Trip, which was launched in August 2008.
- Priceless, the ready-to-wear capsule collection by Antony Price, designer for Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry and Duran Duran which was launched in October 2008.
- Stella McCartney for Topman, the accessory and ready-to-wear collection was launched in November 2009.
Topman was nominated for the ‘Menswear Design of the Year’ award by the British Fashion Council, winner of ‘Best Fashion Retailer’ at the Maxim Style Awards for 2005 and winner of ‘Best High Street Retailer’ at the 2007 FHM Fashion and Grooming awards.
In 2011, Topman worked closely with Teenage Cancer trust. The company worked in collaboration with children from the charity to produced a range of sunglasses designed by them whislt supporting the 'Rock your Shades' campaign in May 2011.
In late 2011, Topman also debuted its line of male grooming products, featuring two men's fragrances, hair and body wash, anti-perspirant, hair putty and body spray.
Towards the end of 2011, Topman began to release issues of its online magazine Topman Generation centering art, music and fashion.
Sponsorship
| Sponsor | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds United | 1989 - 1990 & 1990 - 1991 | 1989–90 season & 1990–91 season |
| NME | 2005–2007 | NME Student Guide |
| Oliver Alexander Bartley | 1996 - Present | Best Dressed Category |
| Shockwaves NME Awards | 2005–2007 | Best Dressed Category |
| Bestival with Dazed | 2005–2006 | 'Ones to Watch' Campaign |
| XFM Manchester | April 2006 | Access All April |
| Carling Weekend Leeds Festival | 2006–2007 | Unsigned Stage |
| TDK Cross Central | 2006–2007 | London Live |
| ICA | October 2006 | ICA Presents C86 : Still Doing it For Fun |
| Q! | October 2006 | Q! Idols presented by TOPMAN |
| MTV2 Gonzo | 2006–2007 | 'On Tour' |
| NME | 2007 | NME New Music Tour |
| The Great Escape Festival | 2007 | New Talent Stage |
| Louis Harris Ltd. | 2009 | Down The Rec |
References
- ^ "Topman "Our History"". Arcadia Group. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
External links
- Official UK website
- Official US website
- Arcadia Group Ltd - History of TOPMAN
- Topman - Singapore Fashion Fast Forward
- Topman - Malaysia Official Website