Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, 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 seven brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body, Factorie, Typo, Rubi,
Australian brand Cotton On is known and loved around the world for its fun and affordable clothing and accessories.
In 25 years, the Cotton On Group has grown to become Australia's largest value fashion group, with eight brands in 22 countries across the world, driven by a team of over 20,000 passionate people, and growing.
Founded in 1984 by Hans and Helen van der Meulen. Operates across Australia and New Zealand. Clothes are designed in Australia and made locally and offshore.
Nigel Austin is the founder and majority owner of the Cotton On clothing and stationery group. Its brands include Cotton On, Supre, Factorie and Typo. His company has grown rapidly in the past few years, expanding to 1,450 stores in 22 countries with estimated 2022 revenue of around $1.5 billion.
There are 154 stores in the United States, 30 stores in the United Kingdom, and 21 stores in Brazil.
Nigel Austin (born September 24, 1970) is an Australian business and horse racing entrepreneur. Austin is the founder and majority owner of the Cotton On Group clothing and stationery group with brands including Cotton On, Supre, Factorie and Typo.
Growing up in a beach-side town in Australia, our founder Nigel Austin started the Cotton On Group with an epic vision in mind. He wanted to take Our Aussie Lifestyle to the world, Doing Good along the way.
In 2018, Australia imported 7.13 billion U.S. dollars worth of clothing and textiles from East Asia and the Pacific while exports of these products amounted to 3.3 billion U.S. dollars. Across all regions Australia is a net importer of clothing and textiles.
Australian Textile Mills began as Bruck Fabrics in 1946 from a mill in Wangaratta – where we are still based today and where all our textile manufacturing continues to take place. When first established, the mill was used to manufacture and supply furnishing and apparel fabrics for the fashion markets.
A major weakness for the company lies in its marketing strategy where there is very little commercial marketing and most of the marketing is left on the product and presentation of the stores to do for itself (ACF, 1, n.d.).
'Success story'
"It has a singular focus on every day, edited basics that are fashion focused at an exceptional price and quality. It's a relatively young and determined company who have no set boundaries and who know their customer intimately."
Cargill Cotton is very proud to be one of the world's largest and oldest cotton businesses.
Australia's cotton farmers lead the world in sustainable, ethical cotton production. They grow more cotton with less land and water than ever before, and use 95% less pesticides than a decade ago. And they care about keeping people safe, and treating them fairly.
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WORN / DAMAGED / UNSALEABLE CLOTHING
All items are reused, repurposed or recycled in Australia. After offers a home collection service for used and unwearable clothing for a fee. The clothing is sent to their textile recycling partners for recycling into new materials and products.
– Because Australian Cotton is grown with pesticides and toxic chemicals, and then further processed with more chemicals. – Because Australian Cotton uses vast amounts of water to irrigate the crops – Certified Organic Cotton can only be grown in areas that can utilize natural rain water which does not need irrigation.
Australian sizes are measured the same as the UK. So if you're a 10 in Australia, you'll need a 10 from a UK-based store. If you're purchasing from an American store, you'll need to go 2 sizes smaller.
Australian cotton is sold into a highly globalised market, competing against around 70 other cotton-producing nations for its share of global cotton trade. The Australian cotton industry has earned a reputation as a reliable supplier with fast shipping times to export destinations and reliable delivery.
China, the world's largest cotton consumer, used to buy 70 percent of Australia's cotton supply, according to media reports. China imported 20,000 tons of Australian cotton in 2022, compared with nearly 400,000 in 2019, official data from Chinese customs showed.
COG sources 87% of its orders from China and 10% from Bangladesh, with India, Hong Kong and Myanmar providing the rest. But the company says the important statistic is that 65% of its product comes from its top 20% of suppliers, providing greater confidence in compliance with the COG code of ethics.
Cotton is grown in more than 100 regional Australian communities. The number of Australian farms growing cotton fluctuates depending on water availability. Australia is a small global cotton producer, but the world's third-largest cotton exporter in a good season.