When and why was Outdoor Clothing Concepts Pty Ltd established?
Nick Barclay: “Andrew Quinn and I established Outdoor Clothing Concepts Pty Ltd in pril 2004, specialising in the marketing, management and sales of select high-quality premium apparel brands. “Our first objective was to build an organic cotton industry in Australia, so e established Organic Cotton Advantage – a business we own and operate as part of OCC Pty Ltd. To start, we signed an agreement with Patgonia, the famous US outdoor clothing company, to distribute their organic cotton line, Beneficial Ts, exclusively within Australia. This success led us to manufacture, market and launch Certton, our Australian-made, Australian-grown organic cotton apparel line in 2005. “We also market and manage the international sales direction for Yono, a premium outdoor clothing brand from Japan.” Andrew Quinn: “We wanted to start an apparel business with a point of difference and have been fortunate enough to source great products that are totally unique. Our organic cotton, for instance, is the fi
