Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Primary sources Template:Infobox company Cotton On is an Australian retail chain, known for its fast-fashion clothing for men, women, teenagers and children. It has almost 1200 stores in 12 countries and employs 17,000 staff in Australia and internationally.[1]
Cotton On also operates Cotton On Body, Cotton On Kids, Rubi Shoes, Typo, T-bar and Factorie and owns Supré.
History[]
Cotton On was founded in 1991, with the first store being opened in Geelong, Australia.[2] As of 2013, the Cotton On chain has over 1000 stores worldwide.[3] As of 2011 the company employed around 5,500 people.[4]
The company was established by Nigel Austin in Geelong, Australia, at the time it only sold women's clothing. Since January 2006, it had expanded with Cotton On Body and Cotton On Kids in 2007. It expanded to Typo (stationery and gifts), and also Rubi Shoes in February 2008.
The design team in the company's Australian office controls the steps of production from merchandise planning to establishing specifications, and production is outsourced to approximately 150 factories in Europe and Asia. These facilities are used for horizontal division of labor rather than being integrated.
After the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in April 2013, Cotton On, along with other major Australian retailers, became the focus of a campaign by Oxfam Australia to get the company to sign the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord.[5]
In 2013, Cotton On acquired Australian fast-fashion brand Supré and plans to expand the brand internationally.
Cotton On hired Australian TV personality Lara Bingle to be the spokesperson of their One launch, which offered comfortable cotton basic shirts offered in a variety of necklines including V-neck, scoop and crew. Lara Bingle has also designed swimwear for the Australian Brand under their Body label.
Brands[]
Cotton On[]
Cotton On is the main brand of the Cotton On Group. It dates its origins back to Nigel Austin's first denim jacket sale in 1988. The first Cotton On branded store opened three years later.[6]
Cotton On Kids[]
Cotton On Kids was launched in 2004, selling children's clothing, baby clothing, activewear, dress-ups, fashion accessories, swimwear, gifts, shoes and stationery. In March 2013 it launched a Free by Cotton On range for 9 to 14-year-olds.[7] Free by Cotton On has since been discontinued and was replaced by Cotton On Kids Youth in 2020 which, instead of being an entirely separate range to Cotton On Kids, now offers the same Cotton On Kids items to customers in larger sizes (up to a size 16 in Girls and 20 in Boys).
Cotton On Body[]
Cotton On Body was launched in 2007, selling underwear and sleepwear. It later expanded into swimwear and activewear.[8]
Factorie[]
Factorie is a youth fashion brand which was added to the Cotton On Group in 2007. It has since expanded internationally, and now has more than 160 stores across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.[9]
Rubi[]
Rubi is a footwear and accessories brand launched in 2008.[10]
Typo[]
Typo is a stationery brand with stores in Australia, Asia, New Zealand, the United States, the UK and South Africa. In the UK, ASOS and WHSmith also stock select Typo products.[11]
Supré[]
Supré was established in 1984, selling clothing for young women. It became part of the Cotton On Group in 2013, and had more than 1,000 workers across more than 100 retail stores in Australia and New Zealand at its peak.[12] All Supré stores in NZ had been closed by 2020.[13]
Lost[]
Cotton On Lost was launched in late 2018, but has since been phased out. The range included travel luggage and accessories.[14]
Ceres Life[]
Ceres Life was launched in April 2020. What started out as an R&D project, it has now cemented itself as Cotton On Group's eighth brand which is aimed at 30yo+ women with a major focus on environment and sustainability, where all items in the range are sourced from responsible fabrics including recycled materials, rescued fabrics and organically grown textiles as well as eco-certified or natural fibres.
Worldwide stores[]
Cotton On has stores worldwide, in countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Greece and Hong Kong.
Singapore[]
Cotton On have multiple outlets, including stores under the brands Rubi, Typo, Cotton On Kids, Cotton On Body and Factorie. Any changes are being made using the "SGBUS" template - either Temporary Closure or Permanent Closure, or Store Mergers.
Note: Rubi Aljunied MRT Station had been closed down by 29 March 2020, together with Tiong Bahru Plaza.
History[]
Prior to COVID-19 pandemic[]
Date | History |
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21 July 2009 | Opening of Rubi ION Orchard |
15 January 2010 | Opening of Rubi Jurong Point |
11 April 2010 | Opening of Rubi AMK Hub |
22 July 2010 | Opening of Rubi CityLink Mall |
20 September 2010 | Opening of Rubi Suntec City |
24 August 2011 | Opening of Rubi Tampines Mall |
11 May 2012 | Closure of Rubi Suntec City |
14 August 2012 | Closure of Rubi CityLink Mall |
12 November 2013 | Opening of Rubi ION Orchard (Relocation) |
13 December 2013 | Opening of Rubi Westgate |
2 May 2014 | Opening of Rubi Clementi Mall |
29 August 2014 | Opening of Rubi Causeway Point (Woodlands) |
10 December 2014 | Opening of Rubi Kallang Wave |
18 December 2014 | Opening of Rubi Northpoint |
17 October 2015 | Opening of Rubi Bedok Mall |
21 April 2016 | Opening of Rubi City Square Mall |
19 May 2016 | Opening of Rubi Tiong Bahru Plaza |
15 June 2016 | Closure of Rubi Kallang Wave |
1 September 2016 | Opening of Rubi Compass One |
11 July 2017 | Opening of Rubi Plaza Singapura |
15 July 2017 | Closure of Rubi Clementi Mall, replaced by Skechers |
11 October 2017 | Closure of Rubi Plaza Singapura |
11 October 2017 | Closure of Rubi AMK Hub |
12 May 2018 | Opening of Rubi VivoCity |
26 August 2018 | Closure of Rubi VivoCity |
12 November 2018 | Closure of Rubi Tiong Bahru Plaza |
8 April 2019 | Opening of Rubi Great World City |
19 April 2019 | Opening of Rubi Jewel Changi Airport |
9 May 2019 | Opening of Rubi Junction 8 |
Dwindling Stores in COVID-19 pandemic[]
On 25 June 2020, Rubi Junction 8 was closed down and replaced by BOVE by Spring Maternity, before being replaced by Urban Republic.
On 23 May 2021, Rubi Jurong Point was closed down and replaced by Cotton On Body, then it was replaced by Home's Harmony. Google Maps updated in July 2021.
On 27 July 2021, Rubi Compass One was closed down and replaced by Genki Sushi. Google Maps only updated in November 2021.
On 15 September 2021, Rubi Causeway Point was closed down and replaced by G2000. Google Maps only updated in November 2021.
On 27 November 2021, Rubi Great World City was closed down and replaced by Cotton On Body, lasted for a short time before being replaced by Bath & Body Works from 13 July 2022. Google Maps only updated in February 2022.
On 15 March 2022, Rubi Jewel Changi Airport was closed down for renovation work. Google stated "Temporary closed".
On 26 April 2022, Rubi Bedok Mall was closed down. It was being replaced by Typo after 2-3 weeks of renovation. Google Maps also updated on 7 May 2022. Typo was indirectly replaced by KIMOJ; whereas Charles & Keith was replaced by Paris Baguette.
On 13 August 2022, Rubi Tampines Mall was closed down with the merger into Cotton On Mega. Dwindling sales and loading pattern due to COVID-19 pandemic also had resulted in the closure of the store. On 1 September 2022, Google Maps was updated and it was replaced by New Era and Havaianas.
On 19 December 2022, Rubi Northpoint City was closed down. On 17 February 2023, Goldheart took over and Google Maps did not update until the early of March 2023.
On 22 February 2023, Rubi Westgate was closed down and on 21 March 2023, Rubi City Square Mall was closed down. Google Maps had not been updated until 30 May 2023 (Tuesday), a longer lag time. Westgate was replaced by Pop Mart (relocated), whereas City Square Mall was replaced by MOBOT.
Due to the AEI renovation works for ION Orchard, from 1 October 2023, Rubi ION Orchard was temporarily closed. The renovation for the space took 18 days for the Cotton On Body to reopen the outlet at that space.
Teams[]
Number | Store |
---|---|
0684 | Cotton On Zpell Mega |
0729 | Cotton On Central Pinklao |
0735 | Cotton On Central Eastville |
0827 | Cotton On Megabanga Mega |
0917 | Cotton On Nu Sentral Mega |
0920 | Cotton On Main Place |
0959 | Cotton On Rama 2 Mega |
0988 | Cotton On Rama 9 Mega |
7016 | Cotton On Northpoint Mega |
7028 | Cotton On Changi Airport T3 |
7032 | Cotton On Sports Hub Mega |
7035 | Cotton On Kluang Mall |
7036 | Cotton On Fashion Island |
7044 | Cotton On Genting Premium Outlet |
7064 | Cotton On Plaza Singapura Mega |
7067 | Cotton On Jurong Point Mega |
7073 | Cotton On Siam Premium Outlet Mega |
7074 | Cotton On The Mall Ngamwongwan Mega |
7076 | Cotton On New Town Plaza Mega |
7079 | Cotton On Changi City Point Outlet |
7086 | Cotton On Design Village Mega |
7089 | Cotton On IOI City Mall Mega |
7090 | Cotton On Sunway Putra |
7091 | Cotton On Imago KK Times Square Mega |
7094 | Cotton On Festival City Mega |
7095 | Cotton On My Town |
7096 | Cotton On Freeport |
7102 | Cotton On City Square Mall Mega |
7110 | Cotton On Somerset Pop-Up Outlet |
7111 | Cotton On Pavilion KL Mega |
7168 | Cotton On Somerset Mega |
7203 | Cotton On Kids Plaza Singapura |
7206 | Cotton On Kids Wisma Atria |
7207 | Cotton On Kids VivoCity |
7214 | Cotton On Kids IOI City Mall |
7215 | Cotton On Kids Parkway Parade |
7220 | Cotton On Kids Bedok Mall |
7222 | Cotton On Kids Northpoint City |
7224 | Cotton On Kids Great World |
7225 | Cotton On Kids IOI City Mall |
7226 | Cotton On Kids Anchorpoint Outlet |
7227 | Cotton On Kids City Square Mall |
7283 | Cotton On Kids Setia City |
7291 | Cotton On Kids JB Premium Outlets |
7292 | Cotton On Kids KLCC |
7293 | Cotton On Kids Design Village Outlet |
7296 | Cotton On Kids Genting Premium Outlets |
7298 | Cotton On Kids Anchorpoint |
7299 | Cotton On Kids Pavilion Kuala Lumpur |
7320 | Cotton On IOI City Mall Mega |
7401 | Cotton On Body Wisma Atria |
7414 | Cotton On Body Plaza Singapura |
7420 | Cotton On Body ION Orchard |
7603 | Rubi ION Orchard (Old) |
7607 | Rubi CityLink Mall |
7610 | Rubi Tampines Mall |
7611 | Rubi Westgate |
7612 | Rubi ION Orchard |
7616 | Rubi Causeway Point |
7620 | Rubi City Square Mall |
7621 | Rubi Compass One |
7624 | Rubi Jewel Changi Airport |
7625 | Rubi Great World |
7683 | Rubi IOI City Mall |
7703 | Typo 313 @ Somerset |
7705 | Typo Westgate |
7718 | Typo Suntec City |
7719 | Typo NEX |
7724 | Typo ION Orchard |
7726 | Typo Mid Valley |
7732 | Typo Aman Central |
7733 | Typo Novena Square |
7738 | Typo Bedok Mall |
7783 | Typo One Utama |
7786 | Typo IOI City Mall |
7799 | Typo The Curve |
7860 | Typo Tampines Mall |
7902 | Cotton On Novena Square Mega |
7905 | Cotton On Parkway Parade Mega |
7909 | Cotton On Causeway Point Mega |
7913 | Cotton On Suntec City Mega |
7914 | Cotton On Bedok Mega |
7915 | Cotton On Bugis Mega |
7916 | Cotton On Serangoon Mega |
7917 | Cotton On Waterway Point Mega |
7918 | Cotton On Viva City Mega |
7923 | Cotton On Plaza Singapura Mega |
7924 | Cotton On Queensbay Mall Mega |
7925 | Cotton On JB City Square Mega |
7927 | Cotton On Cpn I City Mega |
7929 | Cotton On Central Chaengwattana |
7930 | Cotton On 1 Utama Mega |
7932 | Cotton On Sunway Carnival Mega |
7933 | Cotton On Suria Sabah Mega |
7934 | Cotton On Tampines Mega |
7939 | Cotton On Queen's Road Central Mega |
7952 | Cotton On Central Mega |
7953 | Cotton On Granville Mega |
7954 | Cotton On One Grand Mega |
7957 | Cotton On Lee Theatre Mega |
7964 | Cotton On Mid Valley Mega |
7978 | Cotton On Melaka Mega |
7979 | Cotton On Sunway Mega |
7993 | Cotton On Gurney Paragon Mega |
7994 | Cotton On Tebrau Mega |
7995 | Cotton On Plaza Merdeka Mega |
7996 | Cotton On Jem Mega |
Worldwide[]
Malaysia[]
Cotton On has a number of stores in Malaysia.
- Cotton On Body
- Genting Premium Outlet
- Nu Sentral
- Sunway Pyramid
- Cotton On Kids
- 1 Utama
- Design Village
- Genting Premium Outlet
- IOI City Mall
- KLCC
- Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
- Setia City Mall
- The Curve
- Cotton On Mega
- 1 Utama
- Aeon Ipoh
- Aeon Klebang
- Aeon Shah Alam
- Aman Central
- Avenue K Stage 2
- Bukit Mertajam
- Bukit Tinggi
- Cheras
- CPN I City
- Design Village
- Empire Gallery
- Festival City
- Freeport Mega
- Genting Highlands Premium Outlets
- Gurney Paragon
- IOI City Mall
- IOI Mall Puchong
- IPC Shopping Centre
- JB City Square
- Johor Premium Outlets
- Kluang
- Main Place
- Melaka
- Mid Valley
- Mitsui Outlet Park
- My Town
- Nu Sentral
- Paradigm JB
- Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
- Plaza Merdeka
- Queensbay Mall
- Setia City Mall
- Southkey
- Sunway
- Sunway Carnival
- Sunway Velocity
- Suria Sabah
- Tebrau
- Tun Razak Exchange (TRX)
- Rubi
- IOI City Mall
- Johor Premium Outlets [No longer in service since 11 November 2023]
- Typo
- 1 Utama
- Setia City Mall
- Suria KLCC
Belgium[]
Cotton On's Factorie also opened at Antwerp, Belgium on 11 January 2015.
Netherlands[]
Cotton On opened one store at Rotterdam on 15 February 2014.
China[]
Cotton On opened one megastore at Wenzhou on 19 June 2014, and at Sifang on 11 January 2015 which is under Rubi. Cotton On has plans to open various stores in China considering the high-speed railway chase in the past. Cotton On also opened one at Guangzhou on 5 June 2015. Other outlets are Zhuhai, Zhuzhou, Beijing, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shanghai, Anhui, Beijing and Chengdu.
Rubi also has opened one at Wuhan, but closed temporarily due to the pandemic on January 2020 - April 2020.
Italy[]
Cotton On opened one megastore at Savigliano on 10 February 2011. Most stores sell Rubi Interstellar 1.0 trainer sports shoes.
Germany[]
Cotton On had 41 stores in Germany, which started there in 2011, but in 2015 all stores were closed. The stores were in:
- Berlin (18) - inclusive of Rubi & Factorie
- Bremen (1)
- Cologne (7)
- Frankfurt (11)
- Munich (4)
On 26 September 2021, Cotton On had opened one store at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) which is under Rubi Shoes and Cotton On.
United Kingdom[]
Cotton On have several outlets, among of which it is Rubi, Typo, T-bar and Factorie. Most of the Cotton On clothing stores are found in London (such as Piccadilly Circus), including their suburbs.
- Cotton On Body Harwich
- Cotton On Body King's Cross
- Cotton On Body Lewisham
- Cotton On Body LEGOLAND Windsor
- Cotton On Body Nottingham
- Cotton On Body Oxford Circus
- Cotton On Kids Twyford
- Cotton On MEGA Aberdeen
- Cotton On MEGA Arsenal
- Cotton On MEGA Aylesbury
- Cotton On MEGA Bath
- Cotton On MEGA Battersea
- Cotton On MEGA Bedford
- Cotton On MEGA Blackpool
- Cotton On MEGA Bluewater
- Cotton On MEGA Bradford
- Cotton On MEGA Brent Cross
- Cotton On MEGA Brentford
- Cotton On MEGA Brighton
- Cotton On MEGA Bristol
- Cotton On MEGA Cambridge
- Cotton On MEGA Camden Town
- Cotton On MEGA Canary Wharf
- Cotton On MEGA Cardiff
- Cotton On MEGA Carlisle
- Cotton On MEGA Centrale
- Cotton On MEGA Coventry
- Cotton On MEGA Crewe
- Cotton On MEGA Cricklewood
- Cotton On MEGA Croydon
- Cotton On MEGA Dagenham East
- Cotton On MEGA Dorking
- Cotton On MEGA Ealing Broadway
- Cotton On MEGA East Grinstead
- Cotton On MEGA Edinburgh Waverley
- Cotton On MEGA Edgware
- Cotton On MEGA Epping
- Cotton On MEGA Ernest
- Cotton On MEGA Fleetwood
- Cotton On MEGA Gatwick Airport
- Cotton On MEGA Glasgow Central
- Cotton On MEGA Gravesend
- Cotton On MEGA Grove Park
- Cotton On MEGA Hainault
- Cotton On MEGA Hampstead Heath
- Cotton On MEGA Hartlepool
- Cotton On MEGA Hertford
- Cotton On MEGA Hitchin
- Cotton On MEGA Holborn
- Cotton On MEGA Inverness
- Cotton On MEGA Ipswich
- Cotton On MEGA Leeds
- Cotton On MEGA Leicester
- Cotton On MEGA Lewisham
- Cotton On MEGA Lincoln
- Cotton On MEGA Liverpool
- Cotton On MEGA Loughton
- Cotton On MEGA Luton Airport
- Cotton On MEGA Maidenhead
- Cotton On MEGA Manchester
- Cotton On MEGA MetroCentre
- Cotton On MEGA Milton Keynes
- Cotton On MEGA Mitcham Junction
- Cotton On MEGA Norwich
- Cotton On MEGA Norwood
- Cotton On MEGA Nottingham
- Cotton On MEGA Oxford
- Cotton On MEGA Oxford Circus
- Cotton On MEGA Plymouth
- Cotton On MEGA Preston
- Cotton On MEGA Portsmouth
- Cotton On MEGA Reading
- Cotton On MEGA Richmond
- Cotton On MEGA Rugeley
- Cotton On MEGA Sevenoaks
- Cotton On MEGA Shrewsbury
- Cotton On MEGA Shropshire
- Cotton On MEGA Stansted Airport
- Cotton On MEGA St Mary Cray
- Cotton On MEGA Stevenage
- Cotton On MEGA Sunderland
- Cotton On MEGA Upminster
- Cotton On MEGA Uxbridge
- Cotton On MEGA Walthamstow
- Cotton On MEGA Wembley Stadium
- Cotton On MEGA Westfield London
- Cotton On MEGA Westfield Stratford City
- Cotton On MEGA Willesden
- Cotton On MEGA Wimbledon
- Cotton On MEGA Windsor
- Cotton On MEGA Woolwich Arsenal
- Cotton On MEGA Wrexham
- Factorie Brent Cross
- Factorie Cardiff
- Factorie East Ham
- Factorie Hayes
- Factorie Oakwood
- Factorie Russell Square
- Factorie Westfield London
- Factorie Woodford
- Rubi Shoes Ernest
- Rubi Shoes Heathrow Airport
- Rubi Shoes Oxford Street (London)
- Typo Cardiff
- Typo Legoland Windsor
- Typo Lymington
- Typo Oxford Circus
- Typo Westfield London
- Typo Westfield Stratford City
United States[]
Cotton on has several stores in the United States including Cotton On Kids and Typo, with their flagship store in Santa Monica, CA at the Third Street Promenade.
Hong Kong[]
- Cotton On Granville
- Cotton On Lee Theatre
- Cotton On One Grand
- Cotton On Queen's Road Central
The company worldwide[]
Number of stores as of 2024 -
Americas:
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Asia:
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Middle East and Africa:
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Europe:
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Oceania:
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Controversy[]
In December 2012 Cotton On was fined $1 million for selling highly flammable children's sleepwear misleadingly labelled as low fire danger. The discount clothing retailer, which has more than 900 outlets across the country, was fined $400,000 for selling more than 1000 nightdresses that breached Australian fire safety standards, and a further $400,000 for selling more than 1000 unsafe pairs of girls' pyjamas, between September and December 2010. It was fined a further $200,000 for false and misleading labels on both sets of clothing items which claimed they were low fire danger.[15]
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