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Rohan is a British designer and supplier of outdoor clothing and footwear that has 61 stores and an annual turnover of £30 million. Their products are designed in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and manufactured internationally.〔(Rohan Website ) Retrieved 1 March 2014〕 ==History== The company was founded in 1972 by research chemist Paul Howcroft and his wife Sarah who had met in Scotland. They were both in their early twenties at the time, their start up capital was £70 and they operated from a small house in Skipton, Yorkshire, having chosen that location because of its proximity to West Yorkshire textile mills. Their first product was a pair of quick-drying mountaineering salopettes. In 1978, one of their jacket designs was worn by the Austrian climber Peter Habeler on the first climb to the summit of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Soon afterwards the lightweight travel range was launched including Rohan Bags that are still in production today. The Howcrofts lost control of the company in the wake of Black Wednesday after a period of decline in the 1980s,〔(Rohan at Telegraph Fashion ). Retrieved 1 March 2014〕 and from 1988 it was owned by Clarks until a management buyout. In 1993 Paul Howcroft was killed aged 42 in a recreational motoring accident after the couple had separated.〔(Rohan evolution of outdoor gear chronology at Compass ). Retrieved 1 March 2014〕 The Cann Trust and Colin Fisher took control of the company in 2007 and set about improving the product range and simplifying the management structure. The company was hit by the recession and made an operating loss in 2009 of £400,000, but that had been turned into a £384,000 operating profit two years later with a turnover of £17.9m. Sarah Howcroft continues to run a website called 'Rohantime' for fans of the company and its products.〔(Rohan at the Yorkshire Post ). Retrieved 1 March 2014〕 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「Rohan (clothing)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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