Hugo Boss is a German luxury fashion house. The brand is named after its founder, Hugo Boss, who established the company in 1924 in Metzingen in Germany. The company has different brands of menswear, including the Boss Black, Boss Selection, Boss Orange, Boss Green and the Hugo Menswear. It now has a presence in 124 countries around the world, with 6,102 points of sale. The company itself directly owns 364 retail shops. It is also open to franchising, with over a thousand stores owned by franchisees. The company produces its products in its native Germany, as well as in Cleveland, Izmir in Turkey, and Radom in Poland and Morrovalle in Italy. It employs nearly 10,000 employees worldwide.