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History

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The history of Gerry Weber In­ter­na­tion­al GmbH

A constant flow of fresh ideas and in­nov­a­tions as well as boundless dynamism and com­mit­ment have driven GERRY WEBER's evolution from a man­u­fac­turer of ladies' trousers to an in­ter­na­tion­al expert for feminine fashion in the Modern Classic Main­stream for the gen­er­a­tion WOW since nearly five decades. Today GERRY WEBER is one of the best known German fashion and lifestyle companies.

  • 2024

    SAMOON TURNS 30

    SAMOON stands for happiness, coolness and fem­in­in­ity. Our motto “BECAUSE I’M HAPPY” embodies sat­is­­fac­­tion with oneself, one’s own body image and of course with fashion.

  • GERRY WEBER STRENGTHENS MAN­AGE­­MENT TEAM

    Arnd Buchardt starts as Managing Director and is re­spons­ible for all sales activ­it­ies.

    Frauke Stein becomes Brand Director GERRY WEBER.

    Press release
  • 2023

    GERRY WEBER cel­eb­rates its 50th an­niversary.

  • 2019

    TAIFUN TURNS 30

    The GERRY WEBER brand for the younger target group cel­e­b­rates its 30th birthday.

  • 2010

    RFID

    GERRY WEBER is the first fashion company to introduce RFID in order to optimize logistics and retail processes and to function as security tech­no­logy – the basis for the fully automated con­tem­por­ary logistics center.

  • 2005

    E-SHOP

    Launch of the first online shop.

  • 1999

    HOUSE OF GERRY WEBER

    Opening of the first self-managed “HOUSE of GERRY WEBER”, a multi-brand store in Bielefeld with the GERRY WEBER and TAIFUN brands.

  • 1994

    SAMOON

    The new SAMOON brand for plus sizes will be presented to spe­cial­ist dealers for the first time in January. SAMOON stands for casual, confident fashion for plus-size women. Trendy cuts, soph­ist­ic­ated materials and excellent fits highlight the fem­in­in­ity of the wearer. The perfect in­ter­pret­a­tion of current trends puts feminine curves in the right light and ensures a new, self-confident body sensation.

  • 1993

    GERRY WEBER OPEN

    The GERRY WEBER OPEN (Noventi Open since 2019) is the largest ATP tennis tour­na­ment and the only lawn tennis tour­na­ment in Germany. In 1993 the turf event cel­eb­rated its premiere as a 250 tour­na­ment. Since 2015 it has been part of the exclusive ATP 500 series. The event will be broadcast by the ZDF (“Channel 2”) broad­cast­ing company and in­ter­na­tion­al tele­vi­sion companies in more than 130 countries worldwide, thus making a sig­ni­fic­ant con­tri­bu­tion to raising the profile of the GERRY WEBER brand.

  • 1989

    TAIFUN

    Launch of the younger brand TAIFUN. TAIFUN stands for in­ter­na­tion­al and urban fashion that is trend-oriented and at the same time suitable for business – always with a “feminine touch”.

  • 1986

    THE GERRY WEBER BRAND

    The GERRY WEBER brand name is created and protected worldwide. A spon­sor­ship contract is signed with the then 17-year-old Steffi Graf. Her un­pre­ced­en­ted global career rapidly increases awareness of the GERRY WEBER fashion brand.

  • 1973

    FOUND­A­TION OF HATEX KG

    On March 1st, Gerhard Weber and Udo Hardieck founded Hatex KG, based in Halle / West­phalia, ori­gin­ally for the man­u­fac­ture and sale of women&’s trousers. Today, the successor company, GERRY WEBER In­ter­na­tion­al AG, is an in­ter­na­tion­al fashion and lifestyle group.