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  <span class="mw-headline" id="title_0">I.T</span>
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  <p><b>I.T</b> is a <a href="Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> <a href="Fashion" title="Fashion">fashion</a> and <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investment</a> conglomerate founded in November 1988. It owns a number of Hong Kong brands which it retails as well as distributing <a href="Europe" title="Europe">European</a> and <a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> brands such as <a href="French_Connection_(clothing)" title="French Connection (clothing)">French Connection</a> and <a href="A_Bathing_Ape" title="A Bathing Ape">A Bathing Ape</a>. It has a large presence in <a href="Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and several stores in a single mall in <a href="Richmond%2C_British_Columbia" title="Richmond, British Columbia">Richmond, British Columbia</a> (in <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> closed in 2019).</p>


<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the fashion conglomerate. For other uses, see <a href="It_(disambiguation)" title="It (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig">It</a>.</div>


<table class="infobox vcard" style="width:22em"><caption class="fn org">I. T Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="logo" style="text-align:center"><span><img src="../I/I.T_logo.svg.png.webp" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="183" data-file-type="drawing" height="99" width="100" loading="lazy"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Type</th><td class="category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange" title="Hong Kong Stock Exchange">SEHK</a>:<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.hkex.com.hk/Market-Data/Securities-Prices/Equities/Equities-Quote?sym=999&amp;sc_lang=en" class="external text external">999</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Industry</th><td class="category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">Conglomerate</a><br><a href="Fashion" title="Fashion">Fashion</a><br><a href="Investment" title="Investment">Investment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founded</th><td style="line-height: 1.35em;">November<span>&nbsp;</span>1988<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1988-11</span>)</span> in <a href="Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founders</th><td class="agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Sham Kar Wai<br>Sham Kin Wai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Headquarters</th><td class="adr" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div style="display: inline;" class="locality"><a href="Wong_Chuk_Hang" title="Wong Chuk Hang">Wong Chuk Hang</a></div>, <div style="display: inline;" class="country-name"><a href="Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Area served</div></th><td style="line-height: 1.35em;">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Key people</div></th><td class="agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Sham Kar Wai<br>(<a href="Chairman" title="Chairman" class="mw-redirect">Chairman</a> &amp; <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)<br>Sham Kin Wai (<a href="Chief_creative_officer" title="Chief creative officer">CCO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Website</th><td style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span class="url"><a href="https://www.ithk.com" class="external text external">www<wbr>.ithk<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>Its head office is on the 31st floor of Tower A of Southmark (南滙廣場) in <a href="Wong_Chuk_Hang" title="Wong Chuk Hang">Wong Chuk Hang</a>, while its registered office is in <a href="Hamilton%2C_Bermuda" title="Hamilton, Bermuda">Hamilton, Bermuda</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>


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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="History">History</h2></summary>
    
<p>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.</p>


    
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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="Stores">Stores</h2></summary>
    
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"><img src="../I/IT_Hysan_One_shop_at_night_20120418.JPG.webp" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" data-file-type="bitmap" height="165" width="220" loading="lazy"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left">I.T store in <a href="Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a>, <a href="Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"><img src="../I/HK_%E8%A7%80%E5%A1%98_Kwun_Tong_%E5%89%B5%E7%B4%80%E4%B9%8B%E5%9F%8E%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%9F_APM_mall_shop_IT_Clothing_Xmas_Dec-2013.JPG.webp" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" data-file-type="bitmap" height="165" width="220" loading="lazy"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left">i.t store in <a href="Apm_(Hong_Kong)" title="Apm (Hong Kong)">apm</a> Shopping mall in <a href="Kwun_Tong" title="Kwun Tong">Kwun Tong</a>, <a href="Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></div></div></div>
<p>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.</p>


    
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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="Brands_owned">Brands owned</h2></summary>
    
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px"><img src="../I/JT4686296C.jpg.webp" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" data-file-type="bitmap" height="201" width="300" loading="lazy"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left">An I.T company advertisement on a bus exterior</div></div></div>
<dl><dt>In-house brands<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-gfinance_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-gfinance-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></dt></dl>
<ul><li>5cm</li>
<li>b+ab</li>
<li><a href="Izzue" title="Izzue">Izzue.com</a></li>
<li>CHOCOOLATE</li>
<li>tout a coup</li>
<li><a href="A_Bathing_Ape" title="A Bathing Ape">A Bathing Ape</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></li>
<li>fingercroxx</li>
<li>Venilla Suite</li>
<li>CAMPER</li></ul>
<dl><dt>Licensed brands<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-gfinance_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-gfinance-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></dt></dl>
<ul><li>X-Large</li>
<li>Hyoma</li>
<li>as known as de Rue</li>
<li><a href="Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a></li></ul>


    
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<div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="mw-references references"><li id="cite_note-1"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1" class="mw-reference-text">"<a href="https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/e0999_170613_AR.pdf" class="external text external">I.T Limited Annual Report 16/17</a>." 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" - <a href="https://www.ithk.com/storage/investors_relations/c0999_170613_AR.pdf" class="external text external">Chinese address</a>, 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"</span></li><li id="cite_note-gfinance-2"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-gfinance-2" class="mw-reference-text"><a href="https://www.google.com/finance?q=HKG:0999" class="external text external">Google Finance</a></span></li><li id="cite_note-3"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3" class="mw-reference-text"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703445904576117570521466098?mod=googlenews_wsj" class="external text external">Hong Kong's I.T Set to Buy Japan's BAPE Brand</a></span></li></ol></div></div>


    
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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></summary>
    
<ul><li><a href="https://www.ithk.com/" class="external text external">Official site</a></li></ul>







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