Kenvelo

Kenvelo is a clothing firm originally from the Czech Republic. It currently^[when?] operates in approximately 270 stores in 18 countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Ukraine, Serbia, Germany and Malaysia^[1]^{[citation needed]}

History

Kenvelo dates back to December 1991, when Dany Himi and Michael Saul founded the Prague-based company, CTC - SPORTWEAR.^[2] Registered capital of the company was CSK 100 thousand.^[2] A few months later, Israel-born Himi became the sole owner of the company^[2] and gradually built a chain of clothing stores, Himi's Jeans.

In 1996, Himi decided to establish a new brand to compete with the well-established clothing chains. His initial proposal was Josh; other managers had different proposals.^[3] After each proposal, some managers said "yes" while others said "no".^[3] Dave Gahan proposed a brand name Kenvelo,^[3] Hebrew for "yesandno" (כן ולא).

In March 1998, Himi transferred a 30% share in CTC to Dave Gahan. In June 1999 CTC was renamed Kenvelo CZ.^[2]

References

^ https://www.travelforall.my/
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 44794436, both founders had in 1991 permanent residence in Bamberg, Germany; in October 1994 the company was renamed CTC - SPORTSWEAR
^ ^a ^b ^c Marius Dragomir, "The answer has been a big ´yes´", Prague Business Journal, May 2003