Kenvelo is a clothing firm originally from the Czech Republic. It currently operates approximately 270 stores in 19 countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Israel, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Ukraine, Serbia, and Germany.
History of Kenvelo dates back to December 1991, when Dany Himi and Michael Saul founded a Prague-based company CTC - SPORTWEAR.[1] Registered capital of the company was CSK 100 thousand.[1] A few months later, Israel-born Himi become sole owner of the company[1] and gradually built a chain of clothing stores Himi's Jeans.
In 1996 Himi decided to establish a new brand to compete with well established clothing chains. His initial proposal was Josh, other managers had different proposals.[2] After each proposals, some managers said "yes" while others said "no".[2] David Dahan proposed a brand name Kenvelo,[2] a Hebrew for "yesandno" (כן ולא).
In March 1998 Himi transferred a 30% share in CTC to David Dahan, in June 1999 CTC was renamed to Kenvelo CZ.[1]