SCF Snapshot
When hip, young families in Belgium want to dress the part, they get in the mode -- E5-mode. The retail clothing chain, and its supplier ECG (European Clothing Group), make up SCF. The company operates E5-mode shops in city centers; more than 70 in Belgium and about 10 in Lithuania. E5-mode stores carry men's, women's, and kid's casual clothing. Its four Sportorama stores in Belgium carry sportswear and sporting goods. All the SCF stores carry items exclusively made by ECG, which supplies only the company shops. E5-mode began as a factory outlet in 1979; it started selling its own products in the 1980s. Unisel NV owns about 50% of SCF.