Gymboree

. All fragrance brands (Hugo, Hugo Boss and Baldessarini) are owned by Procter & Gamble. Classes are designed to stimulate the senses and encourage children's development. Also part of the brand are Lifestyle Accessories. Gymboree Play and Music centers offer different classes each week for children ranging from newborn through 4 years old. For women: Boss Black, Boss Orange (announced in July 2005 for Spring/Summer 2006 launch) and Hugo. There are now locations across the United States and throughout the world. Today's sub-brands for men include: Boss Black, Boss Green, Boss Orange, Hugo, and Baldessarini.

San Francisco mother Joan Barnes created the Gymboree Play and Music Program in 1976 when she couldn't find a safe place for new parents and children to play and exercise together. under a new fashion company Valentino Fashion Group with 50.9% held in the Boss Group. Gymboree is the name of a franchise of children's exercise centers for ages birth to about 6 or 7. The company is presently a subsidiary held by Italian material manufacturer Marzotto S.p.A. It sells, like the other Hugo Boss brands, clothing, shoes, fragrances and accessories but will cease operation after Spring/Summer 2007 has been sent to boutiques. The latter, Baldessarini GmbH, is a more independent business unit which focuses more on a prestigious image than its two sister brands.

These brands are Boss, Hugo, and since 2004, Baldessarini. The company's products, divided over three brands, are available throughout the world in 102 countries and more than 5,000 retail stores. Boss Green is a completely sporty brand selling items designed for sport or a sporty look. In 1999, Boss Orange for men was launched described as sporty and casual separating itself from the trendy Hugo brand and the sophisticated Boss Black brand.

In 1993, 70 years after its founding, Hugo Boss launched its first fragrance, and created a division which has since grown to be an important part of the company. Hugo Boss himself died in 1948. The company then languished in relative obscurity until the 1950s. After the war, Hugo Boss was labelled an "opportunist of the Third Reich" and fined 80,000 marks.

It is likely that the factory used forced labour. Boss' company both designed and manufactured uniforms and attire for the troops, officers and other governmental branches of Nazi Germany, including the SS. Before and during World War II, Mr. Hugo Boss established his company in Metzingen, Germany, in 1923, only a few years after the end of World War I, while most of the country was in a state of economic ruin.

. It is named after its founder, Hugo Boss. Hugo Boss AG is a fashion house based in Germany, which specializes in menswear and womenswear .