group type s.a traded as athex ffgrp industry luxury goods manufacture and retail founded 1982 headquarters athens greece key people george koutsolioutsos ceo dimitris koutsolioutsos chairman products jewelry services duty free shops sporting goods apparel retail and distribution revenue 998.1 million 2014 1 operating income 202.4 million 2014 1 profit 145.4 million 2014 1 total assets 1.969 billion 2014 1 total equity 1.360 billion 2014 1 owner koutsolioutsos family 34.81 % fosun international 13.89 % number of employees 5 900 end 2014 2 website follifolliegroup.com folli follie is a greek based international company which designs manufactures and distributes jewellery watches and fashion accessories . through its subsidiaries it also operates duty free shops and sporting goods retail outlets . contents 1 history 2 design 3 acquisitions 4 distribution 5 stores 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1986 in greece by dimitris koutsolioutsos greek . the first shop was in the commercial district of athens . folli follie started by manufacturing jewellery and in 1994 launched their watch line . in 1995 the first overseas store opened in japan . it is now ranked amongst the top 10 brands in luxury goods in japan with 80 points of sale . folli follie fully acquired its affiliate in japan in 2008 . 3 in 1997 folli follie was listed in the athens stock exchange . capital was used to fund growth and geographic expansion . folli follie is currently active in 25 countries including the uk london ; bond street new bond street cardiff & glasgow ; st enoch centre switzerland geneva japan tokyo ; ginza area france paris the us new york ; madison avenue china more than 120 shops and russia moscow ; red square ; it has over 380 points of sale . 4 folli follie employs more than 5 900 people . when citation needed design edit the company s design team consists of italian swiss and greek top designers who work together to present two collections per year autumn winter and spring summer . the collection s highlight is the premium k collection which includes limited edition jewellery and accessories pieces . folli follie s philosophy is to offer a full fashion concept of branded modern jewellery watches and accessories at affordable prices . the company also offers a men s watch collection under the brand name folli follie previously triton . acquisitions edit hellenic acquired the british jewellery company links of london in 2006 with an enterprise value of 45 million . 5 distribution edit the folli follie group has a strong presence in the greek travel retail market in through the hellenic duty free shops . it has several points of sale in duty free shops in airports around the world as well as in flight in major international airlines . the group represents other brands in greece and abroad such as coach converse patrizia pepe helly hansen and harley davidson . the company also controls elmec sport factory outlet retail chains and a large department store in central athens attica . stores edit the folli follie stores as of 14 11 2015 were africa egypt 3 americas united states 13 mexico 10 dominican republic 3 canada 1 puerto rico 1 europe united kingdom 49 greece 37 spain 28 cyprus 8 romania 4 bulgaria 3 france 3 ireland 3 asia china 185 japan 70 south korea 26 taiwan 22 hong kong 20 thailand 7 united arab emirates 6 singapore 4 guam 3 kuwait 3 indonesia 2 malaysia 2 turkey 1 bahrain 1 macau 1 qatar 1 references edit a b c d e annual results 2013 pdf . folli follie group . retrieved 1 april 2014 . annual results 2010 pdf . folli follie group . retrieved 16 july 2011 . folli follie buys out japanese unit for 12.7 mln eur . thomson financial . forbes ny . 2008 01 29 . retrieved 2008 02 26 . http www.follifollie.us.com who we are 10 11.html moodie martin . hellenic acquires links of london . the moodie report . retrieved 2006 07 27 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to folli follie . official website v t e ftse athex large cap companies of greece june 2015 aegean airlines alpha bank coca cola hbc ellaktor eurobank ergasias eydap folli follie gek terna grivalia properties helex group hellenic petroleum jumbo lamda development s.a. metka motor oil hellas mytilineos national bank of greece opap ote piraeus bank piraeus port authority public power corporation terna energy titan cement viohalco retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title folli follie & oldid 739757302 categories jewellery retailersluxury brandswatch brandsgreek brandsclothing companies of greececompanies based in athenscompanies listed on the athens stock exchangehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing greek language textvague or ambiguous time from april 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2011commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 19 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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