The story
HLA, established in 2002
HLA was named as one of “Chinese National Well-known Trademarks” in 2009.
The brand name HLA originates from HEILAN APPAREAL. From the opening of the first HLA store in Nanjing in September 2002 to the moment when it was successfully restructured and listed on April 11, 2014, HLA has become the largest enterprise among the garment sector of A share market with a total market value of over RMB70 billion. By the end of 2014, a total of 3348 HLA stores have been opened up successfully.
HLA ranked No. 373 on the Top 500 Chinese Enterprise released by Fortune in 2015, with gross turnover of RMB12.338 billion. HLA won the 3rd place in the ranking of return on equity (ROE) by 33.73%.
According to China Capital Markets Development Report, market value of HLA equaled US$11.5 billion in April 2015, slightly below the US$11.6 billion of Coach, the world-renowned luxury brand, and only 4% below the famous US luxury group Ralph Lauren's US$12 billion.
HLA was ranked among Forbes Asia's Fab 50 Companies List released on July 24, 2015.
From Wikipedia’s article on HLA Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
