Private company

EXR

South Korean clothing designer and retailer

EXR KOREA Co., Ltd. (hangul:이엑스알 코리아) is a clothing designer and retailer, based in South Korea. EXR was founded as a subsidiary of SungWoo Hightech in 2001. Due to the successful product positioning in the niche market of sportswear industry, EXR has become one of the premium clothing brands in Korean fashion market just after 3 years of the launching.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 8, 2001Founded1
  • Industrysportswear1
  • HeadquartersSeoul1

EXR KOREA Co., Ltd. (hangul:이엑스알 코리아) is a clothing designer and retailer, based in South Korea.2

The story

Aug 2001, EXR Korea established

Jan 2002, EXR shop #1 opened at Galleria Department Store (Seoul)

February 2002, Introduced the first fingerprint-recognition-based customer management system in Korea

September 2002, Officially sponsored the 1st Korean Supermodel Contest

September 2003, Officially sponsored the 2nd Korean Supermodel Contest

Aug 2003, EXR shop #100 opened

October 2003, Head office relocated (481-5, Bangbae-3-dong, Seocho-gu)

December 2003, Received ‘the Market Leading Brand in 2004’ award and ‘the Best Brand’ award from top tier press (Fashion Insight. Apparel News, Texherald, the Korea Economic Daily)

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February 2004, Built the EXR distribution center (Yangji-myeon, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do)

February 2004, Received the ‘Best Brand’ Award from Debec Plaza (First among the 180 brand shops in the department store)

Aug 2004, EXR shop #1 opened in China (at Nextage Dept, Shanghai China)

Dec 2004, Received the‘2004 Best Brand’Award from Korea Fashion Associates

Apr 2005, Established EXR Japan, a joint venture, in Japan

Aug 2005, EXR shop #1 opened at Nagoya in Japan

Aug 2006, EXR Indonesia established and shop #1 opened

From Wikipedia’s article on EXR (clothing), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • clothing

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Aug 8, 2001Founded Founded1

Sources

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