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Greyhound Original is a Thai fashion retail company that is famous for its streetwear clothing and other lifestyle brands in the same company. At some point, Greyhound company was only a fashion brand, but it eventually transitioned into a lifestyle brand after many successes with concept stores. Greyhound is known for its unique slogan that are consistent since its creation. As of November 2020, Greyhound Original operates in 6 different countries with over 60 stores under the various company brands. The company is a part of the company, Mud & Hound PCL and it is founded by Bhanu Inkawat. Currently, in 2021, there are 3 fashion brands and 7 restaurants under the brand.

History
The company was founded in 1980 by Bhanu Inkawat when the company opened its first store in Siam Center. It was called "Greyhound Original", like the company name, and it exclusively sold men's clothing. After many successes, the store expanded and begin selling women's clothing and accessories. Eventually, the company changed into a lifestyle company, when the first restaurant was built in 1998 alongside the shopping mall, The Emporium. It is called "Greyhound Café" and, currently in 2021, it has over 18 stores worldwide, including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and London. After the brand's success in becoming a lifestyle brand, it began working on a new fashion brand again. In 2010, Smileyhound was opened as another fashion brand under Greyhound Original brand. In 2011, Greyhound opened its first branch outside of Thailand at IFC Mall in Hong Kong. In 2012, more branches were opened in Hong Kong, and also GROUND-HÉY by Greyhound Café was added to some branches of Greyhound Café.

Marketing
For over 40 years, Greyhound Original has been working under the slogan of "Basic with a Twist" which all of the brands follow this slogan and it keeps the theme consistent in every store.

In March 2018, Greyhound released its very first collaboration with Pepsi. The collection focused on the iconic colors of Pepsi and combined it with the unique Greyhound Original's street style. The collection featured printed T-shirts, sweatshirts, bomber jackets, and bucket hats.

In June 2019, during the event of the Democratic Design Day 2019 in Älmhult, Sweden, many future collaboration projects with IKEA were announced and it included the collaboration project between IKEA and Greyhound Original. It turns out that Michael Nikolic, the creative leader of IKEA, has shown interest in the Greyhound Original brand, asking for Bhanu Inkawat, the Executive Creative Director of Greyhound Original, to meet with IKEA in Sweden, and collaborate on a new project.

Concept Stores
In addition to Greyhound Original brand, the company also consists of eight different brands.

Smileyhound
Smileyhound is a brand under Greyhound that started from small collections and grows into its current size. The brand focuses on basic casual and trendy streetwear clothes while including some of the Greyhound's identity.

Greyhound Café
In 1997, Greyhound Café opened its first store in Emporium Shopping Complex and instantly gained a lot of popularity. Greyhound Café is a lifestyle café that is focused on creating iconic dishes for people living in Bangkok. The restaurant was the first expansion of Greyhound from fashion to food and the beginning of Greyhound's transition into a lifestyle brand. Currently, in 2021, there are 19 branches in Thailand and 18 branches in other countries.

Another Hound Café
Another Hound Café is a restaurant that offers a dining concept that combines Thai and Italian food. Due to how similar Thai and Italian food taste when it comes to spices, the restaurant creates dishes that mix the two tastes and create dishes that are not fusion food, but original food. In 2005, Another Hound Café opened its first restaurant on the ground floor of Siam Paragon and, in 2015, it opened another restaurant at The Emporium. Recently, it also opened another restaurant at level 5 of the Central Embassy.

Kin+Hey
Kin+Hey is a comfort food-style restaurant that serves Thai Street food. The restaurant's theme is based on Izakaya or Pojangmacha from Korea and food vendors and markets in Thailand. In 2012, Kin+Hey opened at selective branches in Bangkok, such as J Avenue, The Circle, The Crystal.

Gai Hound
Gai Hound mostly serves Hainanese chicken rice made with premium and organic ingredients. The chickens are homegrown and chosen specifically when they are a specific age. The vegetables are grown without any use of pesticides and with the use of pig's manure for fertilizer. The vegetables are also exported from King Fresh Farm, a company that produces organic vegetables that are known for high-quality vegetables and got many awards, such as GAP, USDA, ORGANIC, and EU ORGANIC.

Sweet Hound
Sweet Hound is a dessert bar with a signature waffle menu. It has a slogan of "High Fashion Waffle with the best dressing in town". The dessert bar first opened in 2010 at J Avenue next to Greyhound Café.

Greyhound Coffee
Greyhound Coffee is a coffee shop that is under the brand Greyhound. It started as a request of A.P. Honda to find a way to attract people to come to the motor show event. After 15 branches have been opened under A.P. Honda's contract, the requirement to only open in CUB House dropped and Greyhound Coffee is allowed to open by itself. As a result, Greyhound Coffee became a franchise. In 2020, Greyhound Coffee opened 2 new branches at The Mall Ngamwongwan and Central Festival Eastville. The branches are opened alongside Greyhound Café to help the brand grow in its early stage. As of now, there is a plan to open 3 more branches in the future.

Ban Hound(Online)
Ban Hound is a new brand that was created as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic and is a part of Greyhound Café. Most of the food can be ordered online and some can be ordered as a takeaway from the restaurant. The menu consists of plain food that is usually cooked at home and is cheaper than most food from Greyhound Café.