Dickson Concepts (International) Ltd. (DCIL) is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
based luxury goods company. It has held the distributorship of
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren, ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his co ...
products in Asia for more than 20 years. The company is controlled by its founder and Executive Chairman
Dickson Poon
Sir Dickson Poon (; born 19 June 1956) is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nic ...
().
History
The company Dickson Concepts was founded by
Dickson Poon
Sir Dickson Poon (; born 19 June 1956) is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nic ...
.
In 1987,
ST Dupont was sold to Dickson Concepts.
In 1991,
Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols is a British luxury department store chain founded in 1831, at its flagship store in Knightsbridge, London. It sells designer fashion collections for men and women, fashion accessories, beauty products, fine wines and luxury f ...
was acquired by the company from the Burton Group.
In January 2005, the company announced the acquisition of Bertolucci SA, manufacturer and distributor of luxury Swiss watches.
In mid-February 2009, the company announced the end of its 20-plus year distributorship for
Polo Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Corporation is an American publicly traded fashion company that was founded in 1967 by American fashion designer Ralph Lauren. The company is headquartered in New York City, producing products ranging from the mid-range to the luxur ...
products in Asia effective 31 December 2009. The license is estimated by analysts to contribute 10 percent of its revenues.
Ownership
As of 30 September 2018, Dickson Poon controls 54.68% of the voting capital of DCIL through two trusts.
[https://www.dickson.com.hk/doc/2018F/EIR131218.pdf ]
References
External links
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Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Retail companies of Hong Kong
Offshore companies of Bermuda
Companies in the Hang Seng Index
Conglomerate companies of Hong Kong