1971 headquarters london england number of locations 160 key people david reiss founder products clothing revenue gb 146 million 2016 operating income 24.4 million 2016 parent warburg pincus website www.reiss.com reiss in victoria quarter in leeds reiss is a uk based fashion brand and retail store chain owned and run by the founder david reiss . 1 the brand produces men s and women s clothing . it has 160 stores in 15 countries . 2 reiss was founded in 1971 and its first store in london s bishopsgate sold men s suits . it did not move into women s clothes until 2000 . 3 the reiss flagship store and headquarters in london designed by squire and partners has won several awards including the riba award the bco award and the civic trust award . 4 the brand was named fashion retailer of the year in 2003 at the british style awards . 5 reiss has seen a significant increase in the number of its stores including key stores in heathrow terminal 5 and westfield london to almost 100 outlets worldwide and reiss intends to eventually grow to 250 stores worldwide . 6 the brand has been one of the few british retailers to crack the american market after opening in new york s greenwich village . 7 in april 2016 a majority stake was sold to the american private equity firm warburg pincus for 230 million . 8 references edit why reiss is not for sale . telegraph.co.uk . london the daily telegraph . 2006 07 30 . retrieved 2007 09 25 . http www.theguardian.com business 2016 apr 13 reiss sold to us private equity firm duchess of cambridge http www.theguardian.com business 2016 apr 13 reiss sold to us private equity firm duchess of cambridge reiss wins riba and bco award 1 may 2009 . retrieved 2010 03 08 . dong elaine 27 april 2008 . reiss arrives . thestar online . retrieved 2011 08 25 . http www.drapersonline.com david reiss managing director reiss 1948367 . article hawkes steve 2008 06 14 . business big shot david reiss . the times . london . retrieved 2010 05 22 . http www.theguardian.com business 2016 apr 13 reiss sold to us private equity firm duchess of cambridge external links edit official website this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reiss brand & oldid 715078252 categories clothing brands of the united kingdomfashion stubshidden categories use dmy dates from april 2015use british oxford english from april 2015all wikipedia articles written in british oxford englishuse dmy dates from may 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 april 2016 at 15 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view