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Burberry Limited
 PROFILE
Burberry is mad for plaid. The 150-year-old company has long been associated with its gabardine-checked fabric, invented by founder Thomas Burberry. Burberry-lined "trench" coats, donned by British soldiers in WWI, also became a company icon. Burberry operates retail and wholesale businesses and a licensing network. Its nearly 60 company-owned stores and other high-end retailers worldwide sell men's and women's designer apparel and accessories under the Prorsum, Burberry, and Thomas Burberry names. Once seen as staid, Burberry experienced a fashion renaissance in the late 1990s and is expanding into baby clothes, blue jeans, and personal products. Great Universal Stores owns Burberry but plans an IPO of it by mid-2002.

 COMPETITION
House of Fraser PLC (HOF)
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 601.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 64.4%
Employees: 2,500
Revenue per employee: $240,760.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Rose Marie Bravo
    CEO
• David A. Tyler
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
29-53, Chatham Place, Hackney
London E9 6LP, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20 -3344
Fax: 44-20 -2636
Online: Web Site

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