pq industry leather goods founded 1987 1987 in riola di vergato italy headquarters silla di gaggio montano italy key people marco palmieri president and ceo products leather goods revenue 66 73 million 2015 number of employees 542 1 website www.piquadro.com piquadro is an italian leather goods company specializing in business and travel items in italy and internationally . the company offers products ranging from men s and women s professional bags to luggage and small leather items . as of april 2010 it distributed its products through approximately 1500 points of sale . 2 piquadro has received a number of patents in recognition of its technical and functional innovations . 3 contents 1 corporate history 2 ownership structure 3 notes 4 external links corporate history edit the company was founded in 1987 by marco palmieri 4 and in its first ten years it subcontracted for leading italian luxury leather goods brands developing innovative and exclusive solutions and technologies . in 1998 the piquadro brand was launched its name meaning p squared with the p standing for both palmieri the founder and pelletterie leather goods . the first piquadro single branded store was opened in milan via della spiga in 2000 5 and it was followed by rome via frattina two year later . in 2004 the company began an internationalization campaign including investments and the opening of new stores abroad in moscow and barcelona . in the following years more shops were inaugurated in salzburg frankfurt hong kong until the most recent openings in the united arab emirates 6 shanghai beijing and taipei . in 2006 the new headquarters 7 were inaugurated in gaggio montano on the road that takes from bologna to pistoia in tuscany . in october 2007 piquadro was listed on the italian stock exchange borsa italiana . 8 in 2010 the company sells through an international distribution network which includes 82 piquadro single branded shops of which 48 are located in italy . 9 the consolidated turnover of the group at march 2010 was 52 2 million euros 10 with a 1 % increase compare to the previous year and a 22 1 % average increase in the 6 previous years . 11 ownership structure edit marco palmieri 67 % fil limited 6.9 % mediobanca 6.3 % mercato 19.7 % source consob april 14 2010 12 notes edit piquadro spa 4lz berlin piquadro spa 4lz berlin piquadro announces major travel retail push piquadro leather goods piquadro innovative high tech design and traditional quality piquadro opens first retail outlet in the middle east panoramio website the venture backed ipo market company website borsa italiana website company website consob website external links edit official website yahoo stock profile ft stock profile piquadro s year net profit rises shares up retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piquadro & oldid 740796366 categories companies listed on the borsa italianaleather manufacturersitalian brands 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 italiano edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 10 25 . 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