The sale and import-export of ready-to-wear and all types of accessories, as well as all related activities; the company may acquire, rent and sell any type of movable and immovable property, except for any operation prohibited by the LFAIE, in direct and indirect connection with this purpose and trade in it; it may also carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, any commercial or financial operation in direct or indirect relation to its purpose, in any form whatsoever; the company may open branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire any enterprise; it may grant loans or guarantees of any kind, either to its associates or to third parties.