Coin is an Italian upmarket department store chain dedicated to the worlds of apparel, home decorations, accessories and beauty. Its headquarters are located in Mestre.
History
Coin was founded in 1916 in Pianiga, province of Venice, Veneto, Italy, by Vittorio Coìn,[1] who obtained a street vendor license to sell fabrics and haberdashery items. In 1926, he opened a shop selling fabrics, yarns and linen in Mirano (Venice). Two years later a wholesale warehouse was opened in Dolo. After having strengthened the Mirano store (1931), a shop was opened (1933) and a warehouse (1937) in Mestre, followed by the store in Padua (1947).
In 1957 the Coin family opened a real multi-storey department store, the first in the chain, in Trieste, in the premises once occupied by Austrian department stores Öhler; in 1958 Coin still exceeded the regional boundaries by opening a large store in the centre of Bologna.
In 1962 it opened its flagship store in Milan at Piazza 5 Giornate.
The expansion continues touching