Lacoste vs Next plc

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Lacoste is the older of the two, founded in 1933 — 49 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1933; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Paris, France; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: René Lacoste, André Gillier; Joseph Hepworth
Employees: 8,200; Not recorded
Legal form: société par actions simplifiée; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Parent: Maus Frères; Not recorded
Website: lacoste.com; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Lacoste and Next plc.