Cotton On Group

Cotton On Group
	Cotton On store in Westfield Carousel
Company type	Private
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 Cotton On; Cotton On Kids; Cotton On Body; Factorie; Typo; Rubi; Supré; Ceres; Cotton On Foundation; ;
Revenue	A$4.2 billion (2023)
Number of employees	20,000 (2023)
Website	cottonongroup.com.au

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

^ "Cotton On: The inside story of the retailer's rise to $1.5b in revenue". 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ "OUR WORKPLACES - Cotton on Group".
^ Cotton On Group SUPPLIER LIST FEB 2019
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[1] "Cotton On: The inside story of the retailer's rise to $1.5b in revenue". 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[2] "OUR WORKPLACES - Cotton on Group".

[3] Cotton On Group SUPPLIER LIST FEB 2019

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