Descente

Descente Ltd.
Native name
株式会社デサント
Company typePublic K.K.
TYO: 8114
ISINJP3548800006
IndustryApparel
Founded(February 1935; 89 years ago (1935-02))
FounderTakeo Ishimoto
Headquarters
Dogashiba, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, 543-8921
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shuichi Koseki
(President)[1]
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 123.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 1.1 billion) (FY 2014)
Increase JPY 6.5 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 59 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees
1,839 (as of March 31, 2015)
Websitedescente.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4]

Descente Ltd. (株式会社デサント, Kabushiki-gaisha Desanto) is a Japanese sports clothing and accessories company,[5] first formed in 1935, when Takeo Ishimoto started the company in Osaka as Ishimoto Shoten. The company logo depicts 3 basic skiing techniques—traverse, schuss and side-slip.[6] Descente owns a portfolio of 16 in-house, purchased and licensed brands, among them Descente, Shiseist, Arena (in primarily Japan and the East Asia), Marmot and Srixon.[7]

  1. ^ "President's Message". Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Profile". Descente. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ^ ASIA Major Wholesalers & Retailers. Business Information Agency. 2011. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4187-8514-7.
  5. ^ Lee, Jeong-min (April 11, 2011). "데상트코리아 풀 스토리". Fashionbiz. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "Ski Wear by Descente". Snow Kings. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  7. ^ Doran, Jon (August 6, 2015). "Descente Acquires Majority Share In inov-8". OutdoorsMagic.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.