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Nicola Mira
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January 17, 2025
Italian high-end outerwear specialist Gimo’s Italiana S.p.A., based mostly in Padua, has reacted to the headwinds that, after two years of strong progress, precipitated a slight income hunch in 2024 by getting into new abroad markets.
Gimo’s founder Renzo Gerardin along with his kids Sabrina and Massimo
“We’re currently generating 80% of our revenue, which last year reached approximately €10 million, outside Italy. Our main markets are Europe, primarily Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium; the USA, which accounts for 20% of international sales; and Korea, where we’re operating three shop-in-shops in retail malls with a local partner, and we’re planning to open another this year and one in 2026,” mentioned Massimo Gerardin, who along with his sister Sabrina manages the corporate based in 1975 by his dad and mom Renzo and Silvia, talking to FashionNetwork.com. “Also, with the Fall/Winter 2025-26, we are entering Canada,” he added. Gimo’s merchandise are commercialised in some 500 multibrand retailers, of which roughly 70 are in Italy, by means of two proprietary manufacturers: Gimo’s (with males’s and ladies’s collections) and GMS75 (menswear solely). “Gimo’s accounts for 75% of total revenue, with menswear generating an 85% share. GMS75 was created in 2009 as a younger, more directional line. It’s doing very well in Italy and Germany, where it generates up to 50% of our sales,” mentioned Gerardin.
Gimo’s, Fall/Winter 2025-26
For Fall/Winter 2025-26, the corporate has expanded the Gimo’s vary, introducing a knitwear assortment and a leisurewear drop that includes efficiency trousers and a flannel sweatshirt. Initially a producer of leather-based and sheepskin clothes, in 2009 the corporate started to make fabric-based gadgets, in some instances produced in-house with hand-dyed yarn, additionally that includes cutting-edge efficiency materials.
“In addition, to celebrate our 50th anniversary, we have created a special capsule collection in collaboration with Bottoli Tessitura from Padua, the only Italian producer of undyed wool, available only in its natural colour,” mentioned Gerardin. “Using this exclusive material, combined with dyed wool and natural leather, we have created eight items with a sophisticated vintage look,” he concluded.
