OVS (company)

OVS
Company typePublic (S.p.A.)
BIT: OVS
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Headquarters
Venice, Veneto
,
Italy
Number of locations
1822[1]
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsRetail
Revenue€1,017 billion (2020)
Websitewww.ovs.it

OVS (formerly Oviesse) is an Italian clothing company. It has stores in 35 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia with a total of about 1285 locations. Revenues were €1.32 billion in 2015.[2] It is the largest clothing retailer in Italy, accounting for about 5% of the national clothing retail market.[3]

OVS was founded in 1972 as Organizzazione Vendite Speciali (special sales organization), a division of Coin, an Italian department store chain.[3][4] The company remained a subsidiary of Coin Group until 2015, when an initial public offering (IPO) took place.[5]

  1. ^ "OVS S.P.A. sustainability report 2020" (PDF). ovscorporte.it. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Store locator | OVS S.p.a." www.ovs.it. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Cosa è successo a OVS". Il Post. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Storia | Ovs S.p.a." www.ovscorporate.it. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Ovs e Upim in Borsa per ridurre il super debito di Coin". Repubblica.it. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.