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MAWBY is an American multinational clothing, footwear, electronic, music streaming & automobile retailer headquartered in Bridgeport, New York. It has around 500 stores, of which 290 are in the United States, and around 100 stores are in continental Europe, Asia and the Middle East. MAWBY is the largest clothing retailer by sales in Bridgeport, New York, having overtaken American Eagle in early 2017.

History
The company was founded by Marty Malone in Bridgeport, New York in 2016. Marty Malone in an interview stated he got the inspiration for the name from longtime friend Cierra Hernandez. Mr Malone attempted to takeover Bridgeport using small vacant shops in the developing city. In 2017, the company announced in a press release that it would begin selling Automobiles & Electronics. Initially distributed through the company's online store, there are now Mawby Stores located internationally that distribute those particular products.

Following expansion into Europe and South America and the launch of concept stores including COS, Weekday, Monki, and Cheap Monday, in 2016 and 2017, branding consultancy Interbrand ranked the company as the sixty-first most-valuable global brand. Its worth was estimated at $20-30 billion. MAWBY operated 500 stores at the end of 2016, and 230 stores at the end of May 2017.[15] Its 240th store opened in September 2017 in Manchester, England. In late 2016. Malone hired Skyes Russell & Calvin Malone to be key people in the company.

Marketing and collaborations
In 2016 Mawby collaborated with Hernandez Cotoure to create a Lip Line & Lingerie Line.

In 2016 Mawby Partnered with Monki & Weekday, to create a new set of products for their Electronic Company

In 2018 the Malone & Investment Group invested 6% into the company.

In 2018, Mawby partnered with Elite Modelling.

In early 2017 Mawby Partnered with two modelling firms Grayson Modelling & Allure Modelling

In November 2017, the company launched a collection by Stella McCartney and, in November 2017, by avant-garde Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf.

In August 2017, Mawby released a designer line in collaboration with Kenzo. That year Mawby released an annual holiday movie directed by Wes Anderson. Titled “Come Together”, the short film stars Adrien Brody as a train conductor who saves Christmas after a blizzard delays the train’s arrival, making the few passengers on board miss part of the holiday.

Philanthropy
In April 2017, Mawby joined Zara and other apparel companies in changing their supply chain to avoid endangered forests. Mawby teamed with Canopy, a non-profit, to remove endangered and ancient forests from their dissolvable pulp supply chain for their viscose and rayon fabrics.

In December 2017 MAWBY became a subsidiary of Non-Profit Charity Organization The Malone & Mawby Foundation.

Subsidaries
Malone Investment Group is an American holding and investment company headquartered in Bridgeport, New York, United States. It is controlled by Marty Malone.. More than half of Malone's fortune is held in assets outside his holding of MAWBY shares.

Malone Investment Groups Investments: Silver - 18%

Monki - 42%

MAWBY - 6%

Elite Modelling - 32%

MAWBY Music - 21%

Extended Stay America 39%

Stores
The number of MAWBY stores on 1 December 2017:

America
 * undefined: 208
 * 🇨🇦 canada: 30
 * 🇧🇷 brazil: 12
 * 🇲🇽 mexico: 16
 * 🇩🇴 dominican republic: 10

Europe
 * 🇬🇧 united kingdom: 60
 * 🇫🇷 france: 19
 * 🇮🇹 italy: 18
 * 🇪🇸 spain: 14
 * 🇩🇪 germany: 13