Examples of milestone activities in DD Design’s chronological timeline
| 1992 | The company is registered |
| Sales to the North American market are initiated. The first customers include two large retail chains and an art-museum shop | |
| 1994 | Sales are initiated in Sweden |
| 2000 | The company opens stores in three Swedish cities |
| The first franchise store is opened in a shopping mall in Stockholm | |
| Shop-in-shops are opened in department stores in Sweden and Finland | |
| A contract is signed with a distributor in Japan | |
| 2002 | Wholly owned store is opened in North America |
| Two new stores are opened in Stockholm (one franchise and one flagship store) | |
| 2003 | The global economic downturn affects markets in Sweden, EU and North America negatively |
| 2005 | Foreign market sales now account for about 50% of total revenues |
| 2006/2007 | Several new stores are opened in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the UK |
| 2009 | Two franchise stores are opened: one in Germany and one in Sweden |
| 2010 | New shop-in-shops are opened in Finland |
| 2012 | The company makes a loss. The reasons are attributed to the economic downturn and low profitability of specific stores |
| 2012/2013 | A cost-cutting programme of 10m SEK is implemented |
| 2015 | A new sales division for products for public spaces is started |
| 2017 | Sales through customers, which focus upon digital sales, have increased from 5% to 40% of the total turnover in five years |
| 1992 | The company is registered |
| Sales to the North American market are initiated. The first customers include two large retail chains and an art-museum shop | |
| 1994 | Sales are initiated in Sweden |
| 2000 | The company opens stores in three Swedish cities |
| The first franchise store is opened in a shopping mall in Stockholm | |
| Shop-in-shops are opened in department stores in Sweden and Finland | |
| A contract is signed with a distributor in Japan | |
| 2002 | Wholly owned store is opened in North America |
| Two new stores are opened in Stockholm (one franchise and one flagship store) | |
| 2003 | The global economic downturn affects markets in Sweden, EU and North America negatively |
| 2005 | Foreign market sales now account for about 50% of total revenues |
| 2006/2007 | Several new stores are opened in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the UK |
| 2009 | Two franchise stores are opened: one in Germany and one in Sweden |
| 2010 | New shop-in-shops are opened in Finland |
| 2012 | The company makes a loss. The reasons are attributed to the economic downturn and low profitability of specific stores |
| 2012/2013 | A cost-cutting programme of 10m SEK is implemented |
| 2015 | A new sales division for products for public spaces is started |
| 2017 | Sales through customers, which focus upon digital sales, have increased from 5% to 40% of the total turnover in five years |
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