GRUPPO COIN has finally sent a written statement to AIP Campaign, stating
they will adopt a fur-free policy for their company. The fur-free policy
will be also listed in their ethical code visible on the website, along
with other issues like workers' rights and child labour.

Gruppo Coin is the biggest clothing retailer in Italy, with more than 4%
of the market. They own 3 brands of departement stores, for a total of 415
shops.

-Oviesse, the biggest clothing chain in Italy, has got 350 stores and will
be fur-free with immediate effect.
-Coin, a quite posh department store with 60 shops, where a lot of famous
brands and designers have concessions or shop-in-shops, will take more
time to be completely fur-free since they have already bought next year's
collections and have contracts with suppliers.
-Yo-Vi, a children fashion shop chain, will follow the same path of Coin.

The campaign against Coin stores, where the company didn't want to adopt a
fur-free policy, has started in october 2007, after negotiations didn't
bring wanted results.

In two and half months of campaign there have been 80 demos, 1 civil
disobedience action and 2 direct attacks at Coin stores. The company said
they wanted to stop all of this and asked for a meeting where a fur-free
policy was confirmed to come in full effect also in Coin stores and
regarding external suppliers and shop-in-shops.

After La Rinascente, Upim, Coin and Oviesse going fur-free there is no
more department stores selling fur in Italy and a big portion of the
market has been made fur-free.

For more infos: www.campagnaaip.net (in italian)


Here is the list of brands with concessions inside Coin. They will have to
be fur-free too inside their stores.

MAN:

Arena
Avirex,
Calvin Klein
Canali
Champion
Converse
Diesel
Dockers
dolomite
dubin
east-pack
Energie
Esprit
Fila,
Fred Perry
gas
guru
henry cotton's
ivy oxford
JCT uomo
koan
lacoste
levi's
luca d'altieri uomo
machu picchu
malboro classic
marina yachting
mexx
murphy&nye
parah
pepe jeans
puma
speedo
sweet years
timberland
tombolini
trussardi jeans
cacharel
cagi
D&G underwear
Emporio Armani Mens Underwear
julipet
perofil
sano
sloggi
unno
clarks
enrico coveri
sax


WOMAN:

19.70 Genuine Wear Donna
apriori
Armani Jeans
cerruti
Champion, abbigliamento sportivo
Ck jeans
Converse
datch
Diesel
dolomite
Echoo London
Esprit
Freddy the Club
G-Star
gas
guru
henry cotton's
io e meg
JCT donna
Kiss me Psssy
koan donna
lacoste donna
Levi's Jeans The Original Jeans
Love Teraphy
luca d'altieri donna
marlboro classic
marina yachting donna
mavi jeans
mexx donna
miss sixty
murphy&nye
mustang jeans
Pepe jeans
playlife
Replay
Russel Athletic
seventy
Sexy woman
Sweet years
sergio tacchini
toy g.
True religion
trussardi jeans donna