Descente
Descente headquarters in Osaka, photographed in April 2019 | |
Native name | 株式会社デサント |
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| Company type | Public K.K. |
| TYO: 8114 | |
| ISIN | JP3548800006 |
| Industry | Apparel |
| Founded | (February 1935) |
| Founder | Takeo Ishimoto |
| Headquarters | Dogashiba, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, 543-8921 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shuichi Koseki (President) |
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| Revenue | JPY 123.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 1.1 billion) (FY 2014) |
| JPY 6.5 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 59 million) (FY 2014) | |
Number of employees | 1,839 (as of March 31, 2015) |
| Website | descente.co.jp |
| Footnotes / references | |
Descente Ltd. (株式会社デサント, Kabushiki-gaisha Desanto) is a Japanese sports clothing and accessories company, first formed in 1935, when Takeo Ishimoto started the company in Osaka as Ishimoto Shoten. The company logo depicts 3 basic skiing techniques—traverse, schuss and side-slip. Descente owns a portfolio of 16 in-house, purchased and licensed brands, among them Descente, Shiseist, Arena (in primarily Japan and the East Asia), Marmot and Srixon.