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{{Infobox company
| name = Cotton On Group
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| logo = Cottonon group logo.png
| logo_size = 120
| industry = [[textile industry|Textile]]<br>[[decorative arts|Homeware]]<br>[[Stationery]]
| location = [[Geelong]], [[Australia]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1991}}
| locations =
| image = Cotton On, Westfield Carousel.jpg
| image_caption = Cotton On store in [[Westfield Carousel]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Nigel Austin]] <small>(Managing Director and Founder)</small> <br>Peter Johnson <small>(CEO - Cotton On (Cotton On Adults, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body, Rubi)</small><br>Natalie McLean <small>(CEO - Emerging Brands (Factorie, Supré, Typo, Ceres)</small><br>Stuart Higgins <small> (CEO - Community Projects)</small><br>Michael Hardwick <small>(CFO)</small>
| products = [[Clothing]], [[decorative arts]], [[sportswear]]
| revenue = [[Australian dollar|A$]]4.2 billion (2023)<ref>{{cite news|title=Cotton On: The inside story of the retailer's rise to $1.5b in revenue |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/retail/cotton-on-the-inside-story-of-the-retailers-rise-to-1-5b-in-revenue-20150326-1m8e67 |date=April 2, 2015|access-date=October 26, 2023}}</ref>
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 20,000 (2023)
| brands = {{collapsible list|
* Cotton On
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'''Cotton On Group''' is an Australian retail company known for its [[fashion]], clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across eight brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body, Factorie, Typo, Rubi, [[Supré]], Ceres and Cotton On Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cottonongroup.com.au/our-workplaces/|title=OUR WORKPLACES - Cotton on Group}}</ref>
The design team in the company's Australian office, control the steps of production from merchandise planning to establishing specifications, and production is outsourced to approximately 850 suppliers and factories globally. Cotton On Group sources its materials and products from a number of locations worldwide with the majority of its suppliers being located in China, Bangladesh, India and Australia. It also works with suppliers in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, the United States and other parts of Asia. These facilities are used for horizontal division of labour, rather than being integrated.<ref>
Cotton On is a main sponsor of the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the [[Australian rules football]] as well as the [[AFL Women's]] league for female players.<ref name="promedia" /><ref name="low" />
== History ==
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In December 2012 Cotton On was fined $1 million for selling highly flammable children's sleepwear misleadingly labeled as ''low fire danger''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-18|title=Cotton On fined for selling flammable kids pyjamas|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-18/cotton-on-fined-for-unsafe-childrens-clothing/4434462|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> The discount clothing retailer, which has more than 900 outlets across the country, was fined $400,000 for selling more than 1000 nightdresses that breached Australian fire safety standards, and a further $400,000 for selling more than 1000 unsafe pairs of girls' pajamas, between September and December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clothing Retailer Cotton On Slapped with $1M Fine for Fire Hazard Children's Nightwear|url=https://www.ibtimes.com.au/clothing-retailer-cotton-slapped-1m-fine-fire-hazard-childrens-nightwear-1303522|access-date=2020-09-15|website=International Business Times AU|language=en}}</ref> It was fined a further $200,000 for false and misleading labels on both sets of clothing items which claimed they were ''low fire danger''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-18/cotton-on-fined-for-unsafe-childrens-clothing/4434462 |title=Cotton On fined for selling flammable kids pajamas |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 December 2012 |website=ABC News |publisher=ABC |accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>
In October 2016, Cotton On Group signed a 3-year contract with the [[AFL Women's]] League to be the exclusive [[guernsey (Australian rules football)|uniform]] supplier for all its teams.<ref name=promedia>[https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/cotton_on_in_major_afl_womens_deal#:~:text=Australian%20sportswear%20retailer%20Cotton%20On,rules%20football's%20new%20women's%20league.&text=Currently%2C%20the%20league%20has%20few,ranges%20specifically%20designed%20for%20women. Cotton On in major AFL women’s deal] by Tom Lloyd on Sports Media, 10 Nov 2016</
In February 2019, Cotton On began selling sex toys on its Australian and New Zealand websites with a content warning.<ref name="bmilraith">{{cite news |last1=Mcilraith |first1=Brianna |title=Cotton On releases 'self-love' range on its website |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/127174043/cotton-on-releases-selflove-range-on-its-website |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] |date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="hpaine">{{cite news |last1=Paine |first1=Hannah |title=Cotton On's sex toy move sparks bizarre backlash |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/cotton-ons-sex-toy-move-sparks-bizarre-backlash/news-story/01a29dc20422e5b82c7dd01791cf8e11 |work=[[News.com.au]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |date=2 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="vjohnson">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Verity |title=The wellness industry has come for sex, and I'm not here for it |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/128119329/the-wellness-industry-has-come-for-sex-and-im-not-here-for-it |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] |date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
In July 2019, ''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' reported Cotton On and several other Australian brands sourced [[Xinjiang cotton industry|cotton from Xinjiang]], and that evidence linked the cotton to [[forced labour camps]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-16 |title=Cotton On and Target stop buying cotton from Xinjiang over human rights concerns |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-17/target-cotton-on-drop-suppliers-after-four-corners-investigation/11607518 |access-date=2020-09-15 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> Cotton On ran an internal investigation, and in October 2019, announced it had stopped buying cotton from Xinjiang over concerns of abuse of human rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2019 |title=Cotton on, Target investigate after women speak out about forced labour |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/uyghur-forced-labour-xinjiang-china/11298750 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Cotton on and Target stop buying cotton from Xinjiang over human rights concerns |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-17/target-cotton-on-drop-suppliers-after-four-corners-investigation/11607518 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
==Brands==
=== Cotton On ===
[[File:HK TST 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui 加連威老道 Granville Road shop COTTON ON clothing September 2021 SS2 06.jpg|thumb|Products on display inside a Cotton On store in Hong Kong]]
Cotton On is the main brand of the Cotton On Group. It dates its origins back to Nigel Austin's first [[denim]] jacket sale in 1988. The first Cotton On branded store opened three years later.<ref name="auto1" />
=== Cotton On Kids ===
Cotton On Kids was launched in 2004, selling [[children's clothing]], [[baby clothing]], [[activewear]], dress-ups, [[fashion accessories]], [[swimwear]], [[gifts]], shoes and [[stationery]]. In March 2013 it launched a Free by Cotton On range for 9 to 14-year-olds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cottonongroup.com.au/our-brands/cotton-on-kids/|title=COTTON ON KIDS - Cotton on Group}}</ref> Free by Cotton On has since been discontinued and was replaced by Cotton On Kids Youth in 2020 which, instead of being an entirely separate range to Cotton On Kids, now offers the same Cotton On Kids items to customers in larger sizes (up to a size 16 in Girls and 20 in Boys).
=== Cotton On Body ===
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=== Factorie ===
[[File:Interiors of Wintergarden, Brisbane, 2019, 05.jpg|thumb|Factorie store in [[Wintergarden, Brisbane]]]]
Factorie is a youth fashion brand which was added to the Cotton On Group in 2007. It has since expanded internationally, and now has more than 160 stores across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cottonongroup.com.au/our-brands/factorie/|title=Factorie - Cotton on Group}}</ref>
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=== Typo ===
[[File:Typo, Karrinyup Shopping Centre.jpg|thumb|Typo store in [[Karrinyup Shopping Centre]]]]
Typo is a stationery brand with stores in Australia, Asia, New Zealand, the United States, the UK and South Africa. In the UK, [[ASOS (retailer)|ASOS]] and [[WHSmith]] also stock select Typo products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cottonongroup.com.au/our-brands/typo/|title=Typo - Cotton on Group}}</ref>
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=== Ceres Life ===
Ceres Life was launched in April 2020. What started out as an R&D project, it has now cemented itself as Cotton On
== Stores ==
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* Saudi Arabia (3)
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== External links ==
* {{official website}}
* {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Sports equipment brands}}
{{Retailers in New Zealand}}
[[Category:Australian companies established in 1991]]
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[[Category:2020s fashion]]
[[Category:Cotton industry in Australia]]
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