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Lacoste

Lacoste S.A. is a French luxury sports fashion company, founded in 1933 by tennis player Ren?? Lacoste, and entrepreneur Andr?? Gillier. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume, towels and watches. The company can be recognised by its green Crocodile logo. Ren?? Lacoste, the company's founder, was first given the nickname "the Crocodile" by the American press after he bet his team captain a crocodile-skin suitcase that he would win his match. He was later redubbed "the Crocodile" by French fans because of his tenacity on the tennis court. In November 2012, Lacoste was bought outright by Swiss family held group Maus Fr??res. History Ren?? Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with Andr?? Gillier, the owner and president of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. They began to produce the revolutionary tennis shirt Lacoste had designed and worn on...

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