The Unifato Group, with 100% Portuguese capital, owns several companies in diverse business sectors, whose core business is undoubtedly clothing retail.
With 109 shops, more than 900 direct employees and with an increasingly international presence, the Unifato Group, which is already present in 11 countries, has been gaining ground in the market since 1974, the year in which it began its activity in the textile sector.
Its growth has been exponential and always sustained by its professionalism and respect, values which define its labour and trade relations. It has been with these values that Unifato went from local markets and fairs to the best spaces in large shopping venues.
The representation of prestigious brands as a franchisee has also contributed to the mark the Unifato Group’s position in the textile sector.
In relation to the future, it will continue to internationalise the brand Giovanni Galli and ensure the coverage of the national market with a chain of Upstyle and Ponto Negro multi-brand shops.
1974
Business start-up. Exclusively sells clothing in markets and regional fairs.
1978
Opening of the 1st multi-brand shop, Ponto Negro, in the city of Alcobaça.
1979
Opening of a Ponto Negro shop in Fátima.
1982
Foundation of Unilopes, a factory which is dedicated to the production of male clothing.
Opening of a Ponto Negro shop in Leiria.
1983
Opening of Ponto Negro shops in Abrantes and Entroncamento. Opening of the 1st Outlet shop in the city of Entroncamento
1985
Opening of a Ponto Negro shop in Rio Maior.
1986
Opening of a Ponto Negro shop in Santarém.
1992
Opening of a Ponto Negro shop in Caldas da Rainha.
1996
Beginning of its representation as a franchisee of the brand Mango and subsequent opening of the shops in Lisbon (Guerra Junqueiro and Rua Augusta), Leiria and Santarém.
1997
Opening of a Mango shop in Amadora.
1998
Opening of the 1st multi-brand shop, Upstyle, in the city of Santarém and of the Mango shop in Torres Vedras.
2000
Opening of a single-brand Mango shop in Abrantes.
2001
The Upstyle shop arrives in Leiria and Caldas da Rainha. Opening of a Mango shop in Coimbra.
The Unifato Group becomes the main shareholder of the Vasconcelos e Gonçalves Group, which at the time owned 15 Giovanni Galli shops.
2002
Opening of the 1st Nike shop as a franchisee in Almada, Fórum Almada Shopping Centre.
2004
Nike arrives in the capital and in the north of the country with the opening of shops in Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre, Gaia Shopping Centre and Norte Shopping Centre.
2006
Opening of the single-brand Nike shop in Fórum Coimbra Shopping Centre.
2007
Opening of a Mango shop in Alfragide and of a Nike shop in Braga.
2008
The multi-brand Upstyle shop arrives in the city of Entroncamento and a Mango shop arrives in Viseu.
2010
Opening of an Upstyle, Mango and Salsa shop in Leiria Shopping Centre.
2011
The Unifato Group becomes the sole shareholder of the Vasconcelos e Gonçalves Group and of the whole Giovanni Galli chain.
Opening of an Upstyle shop in Viseu and a Mango shop in Fórum Montijo Shopping Centre.
2012
Inauguration of the Unifato-The Fashion Outlet megastore in the city of Leiria. Opening of a Mango shop in Fórum Coimbra Shopping Centre.
2013
Inauguration of the Nike Chiado shop.
2014
Opening of an Upstyle shop in Oeiras Parque and in the city of Abrantes.
Opening of an Upstyle Outlet shop in Strada Shopping and Fashion Outlet.
2015
Opening of a multi-brand Upstyle shop in Shopping Centre Alegro in Alfragide and in Figueira da Foz at Foz Plaza. Opening of the Nike Store in Colombo Shopping Centre.
2017
Opening of a multi-brand Upstyle outlet shop in Caldas da Rainha city.
