Fox (clothing)

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Fox-Wizel Ltd.
פוקס-ויזל בע"מ
Type Public (TASEFOX)
Founded Flag of Israel Israel (1942)
Headquarters Tel Aviv District, Israel[1]
Area served Israel[1]
Russia[1]
Singapore[1]
China[1]
Bulgaria[1]
Croatia[1]
Romania
Thailand[1]
Panama[1]
Key people Avraham Fox (Chairman, CO-CEO)[1]
Harel Wizel (CO-CEO, Director)[1]
Industry Fashion
Products clothing, fashion accessories
Website www.fox.co.il/ (Hebrew)

Fox (Hebrew: פוקס) is an Israel-based fashion chain specializing in women's, men's, kid's, and baby's fashions. Respectively, those brands are FOX, FOX MEN, FOX KIDS, and FOX BABY.

Founded in 1942 in Israel as the Trico Fox Ltd. (Hebrew: טריקו פוקס בע"מ), Fox has grown to become a large company. After having its IPO on TASE in 2002, the company became Fox-Wizel Ltd. (Hebrew: פוקס-ויזל בע"מ).

Today, Fox is an international chain with stores in 10 countries,[2] Israel, Russia, Singapore, China, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Thailand, and Panama.[1]

There are 200 retail shops in Israel, 8 in Russia, 18 in Singapore, 87 point-of-sale (PoS) in China, 5 in Bulgaria, 2 in Croatia, 21 in Romania, 32 PoS in Thailand, 30 PoS in Panama, as well as other retailers, wholesalers and franchisers abroad.[1]

Fox also has a joint patnership (50%) in Laline Candles & Soaps Ltd., which sells lotions, soaps, scented oils and candles.[1] The company is headquartered in Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv.[1]

In 2008 Fox encounted criticism and a faced potential consumer boycott in Israel when they signed Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli,[2] a draft-dodger from mandatory military service, on a $300,000 campaign deal.[3] Fox responded by having Rafaeli plan to act as an IDF "Enlistment Officer" and visit injured soldiers at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer every time she arrives in Israel.[4][3]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o FOX - Fox-Wizel Ltd. Google Finance
  2. ^ a b Foxy dilemma Ynetnews, 6 May 2008
  3. ^ a b Bar Refaeli Evades Military Service, Upsets People New York Magazine, 8 May 2008
  4. ^ Bar Refaeli - IDF’s new ‘enlistment officer’ Ynetnews, 8 May 2008

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