Lollipops

For full information on Lollipops, please visit:  www.lollipops.fr - this is the fantastick history of Lollipops in short:

HISTORY OF LOLLIPOPS

At the beginning are two students at EDHEC Business School: Yann Ducarouge (responsible of sales big accounts at Henkel) and Marjorie Mathieu (3 cycle at the Fashion Institute New-York, head of the licenses department of designer Daniel Hechter in Paris).

1994 : with barely € 11.000 in their pockets, these « young, dynamic executives » decided to invest in a niche: fashionable accessories. They gave up their regular wages, jobs, cars, fringe benefits, vacations, and the comfortable Parisian apartments for a « chance at fortune » and a fierce work ethic.

In a first phase, they manufactured for others. If the big brands already accessorized the luxury, the textile companies came to them. Therefore our two adventurers relied on the existent distribution networks to show their style.

Marjorie designed the collections and worked on the books.

Yann negotiated with the manufacturers and dealt with the centers of distribution.

1998 : the brand Lollipops makes its appearance at the Prêt-à-Porter salon in Paris.

Full of fantasy and spontanaity, the entire styleof Lollipops is infused by Marjorie's tireless imagination.

Yann handles the « commercial », « production » and « logistics » aspects.

Determined to expand the visibility of the brand, its creators organized the progressive expansion of a commercial network under their name.

2005 : The net income of the French network reaches € 4 Million. The Lollipops collections are distributed through almost 400 retailers. Thirty shops operating under the name of Lollipops have been already opened all over the world.

2007 : In order to achieve growth (development of an integrated network, setting up a line of jewelry, expanding the shoes collections) Rand Group becomes a major shareholder of Lollipops.

Marjorie Mathieu and Yann Ducarouge are still shareholders and lead the company. Lollipops now has 100 shops under this brand all over the world and is distributed through 1,200 department stores.

2010: First Pret-a-porter collection presented to the market at Who's Next

2011: First presentation of the full range in the German market