DIESEL PARENT COMPANY TO DONATE PERCENTAGE OF ONLINE SALES TO FIGHT VIRUS

OTB Group has announced that throughout the entire month of April, 10 percent of online sales of its brands Diesel, Maison Margiela, and Marni, will be donated to OTB Foundation for the procurement and distribution of protection kits for medical and paramedical staff at the forefront of the fight against the virus, and of tools to support COVID-19 patients in smaller and lesser-known, but no less needy, centers and hospitals.

The funds raised will support donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospital facilities throughout Italy, and to facilities dedicated to the reception of elderly people, for the safety of guests, and of those who look after them;

It will also allow for the procurement and supply of cutting-edge technological equipment to prevent the spread of the virus in environments with patients suffering from COVID-19 as well as support in the conversion of hospital wards into sections dedicated to the reception of COVID-19 patients.