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{{short description|Hong Kong fashion company}} {{about|the fashion conglomerate|other uses|It (disambiguation){{!}}It}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox company | name = I. T Limited | logo = [[File:I.T logo.svg|100px]] | type = [[Private limited company|Private]] | industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] [[Fashion]] [[Investment]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1988|11}} in [[Hong Kong]] | founders = Sham Kar Wai Sham Kin Wai | location_city = [[Wong Chuk Hang]] | location_country = [[Hong Kong]] | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Sham Kar Wai ([[Chairman]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) Sham Kin Wai ([[Chief creative officer|CCO]]) | products = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | website = {{URL|https://www.ithk.com}} }}

'''I.T''' is a [[Hong Kong]] [[fashion]] and [[investment]] conglomerate founded in November 1988. It owns a number of Hong Kong brands which it retails as well as distributing [[Europe]]an and [[Japan]]ese brands such as [[French Connection (clothing)|French Connection]] and [[A Bathing Ape]]. It has a large presence in [[Asia]] and several stores in a single mall in [[Richmond, British Columbia]] (in [[Canada]] closed in 2019).

Its head office is on the 31st floor of Tower A of Southmark (南滙廣場) in [[Wong Chuk Hang]], while its registered office is in [[Hamilton, Bermuda]].<ref>"[https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/e0999_170613_AR.pdf I.T Limited Annual Report 16/17]." Retrieved on 6 June 2018. p. 15 (PDF p. 11/114): "Registered Office Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM11 Bermuda" and "Head Office and Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong 31/F., Tower A, Southmark 11 Yip Hing Street Wong Chuk Hang Hong Kong" - [https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/c0999_170613_AR.pdf Chinese address], from p. 15 (PDF p. 11/115): "香港總辦事處及主要營業地點香港黃竹坑業興街11號南滙廣場A座31樓"</ref>

== History == I.T started in November 1988 by brothers, Sham Kar Wai and Sham Kin Wai, as a distributor of "hard to find" labels in Hong Kong, but more recently developed its own fashion brands.

==Stores== [[File:IT Hysan One shop at night 20120418.JPG|thumb|I.T store in [[Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong]]]] [[File:HK 觀塘 Kwun Tong 創紀之城五期 APM mall shop IT Clothing Xmas Dec-2013.JPG|thumb|i.t store in [[apm (Hong Kong)|apm]] Shopping mall in [[Kwun Tong]], [[Hong Kong]]]] I.T operates stores under the name "I.T" for distributing more expensive, Japanese and European brands, and "i.t" which distributes all other youthful brands under its name, and also operates individual stores for its sub-brands, such as 5CM.

==Brands owned== [[File:JT4686296C.jpg|thumb|300px|An I.T company advertisement on a bus exterior]] ;In-house brands<ref name=gfinance>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110209122436/http://www.google.com/finance?q=HKG:0999 Google Finance]</ref> *AAPE BY A BATHING APE® *A BATHING APE® *A BATHING APE® Café *b+ab *CHOCOOLATE *EXIT *FIVE CM *fingercroxx *FRED PERRY *HOODS *izzue *IT ASSORTED MUSIUM DIV. *mastermind A BATHING APE® *NEITH *tout à coup *Venilla suite ;Licensed brands<ref name=gfinance /> *X-Large *Hyoma *as known as de Rue *Camper *[[Major League Baseball|MLB]] *[https://www.clotechnow.com Techwear]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.ithk.com/ Official site]

[[Category:Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] [[Category:Clothing brands of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Clothing companies established in 1988]] [[Category:Clothing companies of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Conglomerate companies of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Clothing retailers of Hong Kong]]