2015 - 🇫🇮 Finnish company Stockmann sells 100% of it's 🇷🇺 Russian business "JSC AO Stockman" to 🇷🇺Reviva
Source: 🇺🇸 Nasdaq
https://view.news.eu.nasdaq.com/view?id=bed59860539913ce010a391a0d072d8ef&lang=en
2019 - 🇫🇮 Finnish company Stockmann sells its 🇷🇺property in St. Petersburg
Source: 🇫🇮 Lindex Group
https://www.lindex-group.com/en/2018/12/18/stockmann-to-close-the-sale-of-nevsky-centre-in-st-petersburg-during-q1-2019/
2022 - Failed 🇷🇺 JSC AO Stockmann buyout by 🇷🇺 Sberbank cites 🇷🇺 Yakov Panchenko as owner of 🇷🇺 Reviva
Source: 🇷🇺 Kommersant
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5347958
2024 - 🇩🇪 Hugo Boss has completed the sale of it's Russian business
Source: 🇺🇸 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
https://www.rferl.org/a/hugo-boss-stockmann-russia-ukraine-war/33067550.html
2024 - 🇩🇪 Hugo Boss has left Russia. The Russian business will now trade as "Link Fashion" rather than "Hugo Boss"
Source: 🇺🇦 Leave-Russia/KSE
https://leave-russia.org/hugo-boss
First mention of Hugo Boss stores reopening
2024 April 24 - 🇷🇺 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov - Hugo Boss stores to reopen once deal completed
Source: 🇷🇺 Interfax
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/101727/
2024 April 24 - 🇷🇺 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov - Hugo Boss stores to reopen Jul/Aug 2024
Source: 🇷🇺 TASS
https://tass.com/economy/1780099
2024 Aug 5 - Hugo Boss stores to reopen with existing Hugo Boss branding although will trade as "Link Fashion" - Natalia Kermedchieva, vice president of the Union of Shopping Centers quoted.
Source: 🇷🇺 Ria Novosti
https://realty.ria.ru/20240805/magaziny-1964099333.html
2024 Aug 5 - "Reports" that stores will reopen in Q3 2024 (
Source: 🇷🇺 Interfax
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/104833/
2024 Aug 5 - Repeating Interfax "Reports".
Source: 🇳🇱🇷🇺 Moscow times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/05/retailer-stockmann-buys-hugo-boss-russia-a85936
2024 Aug 5 - Repeating Interfax "Reports"
Source: 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/hugo-boss-sells-russian-business-wholesale-partner-stockmann-2024-08-05/
2024 Aug 7 - Implies 🇩🇪 Hugo Boss is reopening stores in Moscow
Source: 🇷🇺 RT
https://www.rt.com/business/602272-russia-western-brands-return/
2024 Sep 20 - Press team from 🇷🇺 Evropeisky Shopping Centre in Moscow announce reopening of two Hugo Boss stores
Source: 🇷🇺 Ria Novosti
https://realty.ria.ru/20240920/magaziny-1973794667.html?
2024 Sept 21 - Implies 🇩🇪 Hugo Boss stores in Moscow "Reportedly reopened" Tweet with no source/context [Source likely 🇷🇺Ria Novosti - same photo used]
Source: 🇧🇾🇵🇱Nexta
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1837465998972047752
My take:
Hugo Boss has left Russia. It sold it's Russian subsidiary to Stockman, and in the process changed the trading name from Hugo Boss to Link Fashion
Hugo Boss is not reopening stores, Link Fashion are re-opening them
Nexta's Tweet was poor - they reposted Russian nonsense without telling their audience.
What's not clear:
Will stores re-open with the "Hugo Boss" name or use "Link Fashion"
Whether Hugo Boss are exporting stock wholesale to Russian retailers (they were)
Why the Russian stores have not been removed from Hugo Boss' web-site