Matches Fashion

matchesfashion.com
Type	Privately owned company
Industry	Fashion Retail
Founded	London in 1987
Founder	Tom and Ruth Chapman
Headquarters	The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London, United Kingdom
Number of locations	11
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ulric Jerome (CEO) Tom and Ruth Chapman (Executive Co-Chairmen)
Products	Men's Fashion Women's Fashion Fashion Accessories
Website	matchesfashion.com

matchesfashion.com, Marylebone.

Matches Fashion is a London-based luxury fashion retailer. The company offers the work of more than 400 designers like Gucci, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen,^[1] Burberry and Lanvin. The business operates online and via four London stores, and runs No.23, a private-shopping townhouse. The company headquarters are at The Shard in London Bridge.^[2] The fulfilment centre is based in north-west London.

History

1987 Tom and Ruth Chapman open the first Matches store in Wimbledon Village, south west London
1997 A second store opens in Richmond, London
1999 Matches opens in Ledbury Road, Notting Hill
2004 Matches publish their own magazine which promotes the brands and product they stock
2007 Matches launches its website
2008 A store opens in Marylebone High Street, London
2008 The head office relocates to Clapham, south west London
2011 Matches open a private shopping townhouse for VIP clients in London’s Marylebone
2013 The company rebrands to MATCHESFASHION.COM across the whole business including London stores
2014 Open a store on Wimbledon High Street, London
2015 Own label RAEY launches for both men and women, Rachael Proud is Creative Director
2015 MATCHESFASHION.COM launches a new fully responsive site across all devices
2016 The head office relocates to London landmark The Shard^[3]
2016 MATCHESFASHION.COM outlet store launches at Hackney Walk, London^[4]
2016 Mobile App is launched
2017 30^th anniversary supported by In Residence events in New York, Paris and Los Angeles
2017 Social campaign #MFx30yearsandcounting

Key People

Tom Chapman (Founder and Co-Executive Chairman)

Ruth Chapman (Founder and Co-Executive Chairman)

Ulric Jerome (CEO)

References and sources

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Sources

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 51°27′33″N 0°7′55″W / 51.45917°N 0.13194°W / 51.45917; -0.13194

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