Flying Tiger Copenhagen

Flying Tiger Copenhagen
	Flying Tiger storefront on Frederiksborggade in Copenhagen.
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Retail
Founded	1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Founders	Lennart Lajboschitz (founder); Suzanne Lajboschitz (co-founder)
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Number of locations	926
Area served	Worldwide
Revenue	4.274 billion DKK (2023)
Owner	Zebra A/S
Website	flyingtiger.com
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Flying Tiger Copenhagen (formerly Tiger) is a Danish variety store chain.^[3]^[4] Its first shop opened in Copenhagen in 1995 and as of 2023, the chain now has 931 shops across 42 countries. Its largest markets are Denmark, the UK, Italy, and Spain. According to the company's annual report, it had more than 93 million customers in 2023.^[1]

Before June 2016, it operated as Tiger (or Tiger Copenhagen) in most markets, as TGR in Sweden and Norway and as Flying Tiger Copenhagen (or just Flying Tiger) in Ireland, Japan, Belgium, and the Netherlands.^[5] Flying Tiger's name derives from similarities between the Danish pronunciation of the animal name tiger (IPA: [ˈtsʰiːɐ]) and the Danish word tier (IPA: [ˈtsʰiˀɐ]), used to denote a 10 kroner coin; in the first stores in Denmark, all items cost 10 kroner.^[6]

The chain sells a variety of items, mostly accessories and toys.^[7] The layout of its stores resemble mazes.^[8]^[1] Flying Tiger's former CEO, Mette Maix, said the format of the shop is designed to feel "like a treasure hunt" by adding at least 300 random, new items each month to the shop's selection.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b DeAngelis, Allison (2018-11-21). "'We don't just want to be normal': Danish retailer Flying Tiger expands in Mass". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
^ Booth, Hannah (19 July 2013). "The Tiger who came to town". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ Wood, Zoe (30 March 2014). "Posh pound shop: Tiger sinks its claws into UK high street". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ Bang, Nicolai (3 June 2014). "Tiger tjente kvart milliard i 2013" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Archived from the original on 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ "Tiger-koncept opstod ved et tilfælde". Politiken (in Danish). 24 April 2005. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
^ Tiger UK. "About us". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
^ Young, Molly (21 June 2015). "Flying Tiger Copenhagen: Where All That Glitters Is…Glitter". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

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[DeAngelis-2] DeAngelis, Allison (2018-11-21). "'We don't just want to be normal': Danish retailer Flying Tiger expands in Mass". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

[3] Booth, Hannah (19 July 2013). "The Tiger who came to town". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[4] Wood, Zoe (30 March 2014). "Posh pound shop: Tiger sinks its claws into UK high street". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[JP2014-5] Bang, Nicolai (3 June 2014). "Tiger tjente kvart milliard i 2013" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Archived from the original on 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

[6] "Tiger-koncept opstod ved et tilfælde". Politiken (in Danish). 24 April 2005. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[7] Tiger UK. "About us". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[8] Young, Molly (21 June 2015). "Flying Tiger Copenhagen: Where All That Glitters Is…Glitter". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

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