Marc O’Polo

Founding

Marc O’Polo was founded in Stockholm in 1967 by Rolf Lind, Göte Huss, and Jerry O'Sheets.

In 1972, the label introduced logo-imprinted cotton t-shirts, and launched a unisex sweatshirt. The first Marc O’Polo store opened in Düsseldorf in 1979.

Expansion

In 1997, the company's original distribution partner for Germany, Werner Böck, expanded his shareholdings founding Marc O’Polo International GmbH, which is responsible for all the company operations including design, production, distribution and marketing. On the same year Marc O’Polo relocated its headquarters from Stockholm to Stephanskirchen in the district of Rosenheim.

From 1997 Marc O’Polo began to produce bags and small leather goods, the next year in 1998 they launched beachwear and children's clothing. In 2003, a flagship Marc O’Polo store opened in Munich's Theatinerstraße and simultaneously opened an online store.

Since 2008, with the opening of the first Marc O’Polo store in Asia (in Singapore's Changi Airport), the company has invested in international expansion. The first Marc O’Polo stores in China opened in 2014.