Tommy Hilfiger Corporation is an American company which is incorporated in Hong Kong. A Tommy Hilfiger shop In 1989, a Hong Kong businessman Silas Chou acquired Tommy Hilfiger Corporation via Sportswear Holdings Limited, along with his partner Lawrence Stroll. Chou served as Chairman and then Co-Chairman from 1989 to 2002.[1] In 1992, The Corporation listed in New York Stock Exchange. Later Chou sold the company, and in 2006 de-listed and privatization to the British Apax Partners. Phillips-Van Heusen bought the company in 2010. The company licenses the brand to it OEM company through its subsidiary Tommy Hilfiger Licensing LLC, which based in New Jersey.[2] The Licensing owned the rights of the logo.[3] Tommy Hilfiger Corporation also owns Tommy Hilfiger USA and Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V.[4]
The Westfield Group is an Australian shopping centre group undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing, and marketing activities. The multinational company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and has interests in and operates one of the world's largest shopping centre portfolios with investment interests in 104 shopping centres across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Brazil, encompassing around 23,000 retail outlets and total assets under management in excess of A$63 billion.[2] In 2010, the Westfield Group split 50% of its Australian and New Zealand assets into the Westfield Retail Trust, trading on the Australian Stock Exchange as ASX: WRT.