OVS (company)

OVS (formerly Oviesse) is an Italian clothing company. It has stores in 35 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia with a total of over 1300 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]

TypePublic (S.p.A.)

Traded as

BIT: OVS
FTSE Italia Mid Cap

Founded1972; 54 years ago (1972)

Headquarters

Venice, Veneto

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Italy

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OVS

Type	Public (S.p.A.)
Traded as	BIT: OVS FTSE Italia Mid Cap
Founded	1972; 54 years ago (1972)
Headquarters	Venice, Veneto , Italy
Number of locations	1822[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Retail
Revenue	€1,017 billion (2020)
Website	www.ovs.it

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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]