Crocodile Garments
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Crocodile SEHK: 0122 is a textile and garments company in Hong Kong. Crocodile Garments was founded by the late Dr. Chan Shun in the 1960s and sold in 1991.
Crocodile Garments originally sold dress shirts before expanding to become the largest chain garment store in Hong Kong. They exported to Japan, Singapore and other Asian Countries. A second line called Cal-Thomas was started in CA, USA. Crocodile emerged as the leading fashion label with the expansion of a woman's line and children's line called CrocoKids. At its peak, Crocodile garments was the largest garment chain before the conception of G2000, Giordano, U2 and Bossini in the 1990s.
After the company was sold, It has been controlled by the late billionnaire Lim Por Yen and his companies. Crocodile had a long standing dispute over the logo and clothing lines with Lacoste.
