10 Facts About Cotton On

1.

Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, known for its fashion clothing and stationery brands.

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2.

Cotton On is a main sponsor of the AFL Women's, the Australian rules football league for female players.

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3.

Cotton On was founded by Nigel Austin in 1991, with the first store being opened in Geelong, Australia.

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4.

Cotton On expanded internationally in 2006, with the opening of its first New Zealand store at Queensgate Shopping Centre, Lower Hutt.

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5.

In December 2012 Cotton On was fined $1 million for selling highly flammable children's sleepwear misleadingly labeled as low fire danger.

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6.

In October 2016, Cotton On Group signed a 3-year contract with the AFL Women's League to be the exclusive uniform supplier for all its teams.

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7.

Cotton On ran an internal investigation, and in October 2019, announced it had stopped buying cotton from Xinjiang over concerns of abuse of human rights.

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8.

Cotton On Kids was launched in 2004, selling children's clothing, baby clothing, activewear, dress-ups, fashion accessories, swimwear, gifts and stationery.

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9.

Cotton On Body was launched in 2007, selling underwear and sleepwear.

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10.

Cotton On Lost was launched in late 2018, but has since been phased out.

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