Gant

Gant generated $1.3 billion in 2022 revenue with 20% year-over-year growth, hitting an inflection point under CEO Patrik Söderström that has guided revenue projections to double-digit growth in 2025 from high-single-digit growth in 2024. Söderström, who joined as executive vice president of global markets in 2016 and was promoted to CEO in 2020 at the onset of COVID-19, has led the strategic repositioning of the brand around its preppy American heritage while leveraging European supply chain and design infrastructure based in Stockholm.

Gant has been owned by Swiss family-controlled holding Maus Frères since January 31, 2008, when the Swiss group completed the acquisition of 95.6% of Gant Company AB shares for approximately $816 million after a takeover contest with founding shareholders and franchisees. Gant sits within MF Brands Group alongside Lacoste (acquired 2012), Aigle (acquired 2003), and other premium lifestyle brands; combined MF Brands Group revenue reached €3.7 billion across nearly 100 countries by 2024. Maus Frères remains wholly owned by the founding Maus and Nordmann families across four generations, headquartered in Geneva. The brand was originally founded in 1949 by Bernard Gantmacher (a Russian Empire-born Jewish immigrant) in New Haven, Connecticut, supplying shirts to Brooks Brothers and J. Press before establishing the Gant brand independently in 1967.

Gant operates in 70 markets through approximately 750 directly run and franchise stores plus more than 4,000 wholesale doors, with a three-collection structure: GANT (mainline), GANT Diamond G (premium), and GANT Rugger. The brand opened a 580-square-meter, three-level Stockholm flagship in 2023 as part of the heritage repositioning. For mall operators, Gant is an active mid-luxury counterparty in the premium casualwear wing, with leasing routed through regional commercial teams (Sweden HQ for Europe, separate organizations for North America and Asia). The brand’s growth trajectory positions it for selective flagship openings in tier-1 properties rather than wide rollouts.