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1) Amazing name! But what’s this company?

Read the text below and fill in the blanks with words from the list:

Stores, £5 million, ski resort, was founded, profit, outdoor-related, retailer, division, skiers

2) What tense is used in this text? Why?

3) Highlight 4 verbs in the passive form:

Fat Face is a lifestyle clothing and accessories……………………, based in the UK.

It …………………………………………. in 1988 by Tim Slade and Jules Leaver as a business selling T-shirts at ski resorts. The company opened its first retail shop in 1993; as of 2014 there were 209 Fat Face ………………. in the UK and Ireland.

History

The business was founded in 1988 in French …………………………….. Méribel by Tim Slade, a former policeman, and business graduate Jules Leaver. The pair bought T-shirts wholesale, had them printed with designs specific to the resort, and sold them to other …………………. on the slopes - at first using the profits only to fund their own skiing.

They spent the following years travelling to different ski resorts, where they continued to produce and sell ski and ……………………………….. clothing. In 1993 they opened their first shop, on London's Fulham Road; they named it "Fat Face" after the Face de Bellevarde slope in Val-d'Isère. In 2000 they sold 40% of the company to Edinburgh investment firm Livingbridge for…………………………. .

In 2007 Fat Face was acquired, for £360 million, by private equity group Bridgepoint Capital; the sale netted Slade and Leaver £90 million. The company's sales were badly hit by the 2008 Great Recession, but improved in 2010 and again in 2011, and Fat Face returned to a small …………………….. in 2012. 

The Chief Executive is Anthony Thompson, who worked for Marks and Spencer in its clothing………………….

 In 2013 former Marks and Spencer Chief Executive Stuart Rose  was hired to be Fat Face's Chairman.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

4- Match the following words with their definition:

A resort

   To employ (someone) for wages

To net

   The permanent or long-term president of a   company, or other organization

Equity group

  A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation

To hire

  An investment management company that provides financial backing

Chairman

  To  acquire or obtain in a skilful way

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You have just come across this job advertisement.

As it is a great opportunity for you to improve your English while gaining some more professional experience, you decide to apply

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