The company's purpose, directly or indirectly, both in Switzerland and abroad, is: The purchase, sale, and distribution of clothing and professional items; The company may participate, by any means, directly or indirectly, in all operations that can be related to its purpose through the creation of new companies, contribution, subscription or purchase of shares or social rights, merger or otherwise, creation, acquisition, lease, leaseback of all business assets, factories, workshops or establishments - with the exception of operations relating to properties whose use is not exclusively commercial or to companies with an immovable purpose not limited to properties for commercial use; and, generally, all operations, of whatever nature, directly or indirectly related to the corporate purpose or to any other similar or related purposes, with the exception of operations relating to properties whose use is not exclusively commercial or to companies with an immovable purpose not limited to properties for commercial use.