All IMG meetings, conversations and correspondence are conducted in the English language; all currencies are converted to Euro; full disclosure of information and figures are presented each year and these are analysed, dissected and discussed in details; issues of relevance to the group members are put on the agenda and debated at conference level. One of the ever-consuming passions of the IMG is to compare suppliers’ products, performance and value. The earliest principles laid down by the first members indicated that finding new merchandise and sharing buying experiences were the compelling raisons d’être for the formation of the IMG, and the closer scrutiny and analysis of figures became a sophisticated development from that point.

The proprietor of each IMG member company is essentially a merchant at heart, by choice and the taste and style of each member defines the character of each IMG Company.

In 1966 Mr Giesbers retired as president and was succeeded by Mr Jörgen Bruun from Brødrene Andersen in Copenhagen and in 1970 Mr Lesley Parker from Simpson’s London, became secretary, a post he held admirably for several years before becoming secretary of the famous British Menswear Guild in Savile Row.

An important link at that time was the contribution that Bengt Cason made to the IMG. He served as vice-president from 1969-1971 and succeeded Jorgen Bruun as president until 1974 during which year his company merged with Austin Reed and at which time he became managing director of Austin Reed (Scandinavia), controlling stores in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Lund and Copenhagen.