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Monsoon Accessorize is a British private limited company. It has a London registered address, and operates two international retail clothing chains - Monsoon and Accessorize.〔(Company Details: 01098034, Monsoon Accessorize Limited ). Companies House. Accessed January 2015. NB: either the company name or the company number must be manually inserted in the relevant search field.〕 ==History== Monsoon was started in London in 1973 by Peter Simon, a market-stall trader, and opened its first shop in Beauchamp Place in May of that year.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monsoon - company history ) Archived 23 April 2006.〕 The first Accessorize shop opened in 1984, next door to Monsoon in Covent Garden.〔 In 2014 the company had about 1400 stores in 74 different countries.〔 In the financial year to 25 August 2012 the company made an operating loss of £4m, compared to an operating profit of £60.1m in the previous year; group sales fell to £529 million. John Browett, former head of retail at Apple, became chief executive in early 2013.〔 The company returned to profitability in the following year: in the fifty-three weeks to 31 August 2013 sales rose 4.3% to £552m and the company reported pre-tax profits of £18.1m.〔Graham Ruddick (7 February 2014). (Monsoon back in the black as former Apple boss boosts sales ). ''The Telegraph''. Accessed January 2015.〕 In 2013 the Forum of Private Business criticised Monsoon for requiring all new suppliers to give a blanket rebate of up to 4% on all invoices as well as a further charge of up to 10% for early payment. Monsoon was an early corporate member of the Ethical Trading Initiative.〔Susanne Schaller (2007). (''The Democratic Legitimacy of Private Governance. An Analysis of the Ethical Trading Initiative'' ). Duisburg: Institute for Development and Peace, University of Duisburg‐Essen. INEF Report 91. ISSN 0941‐4967. 〕〔(Corporate Members ). Ethical Trading Initiative. Accessed October 2015.〕 In 2015 Monsoon was at the head of a list published by HM Revenue and Customs of companies that had failed to pay the national minimum wage. Because of a policy requiring employees to wear Monsoon clothes at work, the cost of which was deducted from wages, the company underpaid 1438 of its workers in the United Kingdom by over £104,000. The company was fined more than £28,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monsoon Accessorize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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