C&A is the Kurzname of the clothing enterprise C&A mode.

History

The enterprise C&A became of the two brothers ''' C ''' lemens Brenninkmeijer (* 1818; "† 1902) and ''' A ''' ugust Brenninkmeijer (* 1819; "† 1892) 1841 in the Netherlands based. The company name reflects thus the initials of the founders.

Enterprise history began with the trade of linen and the in the small place Mettingen. In order to create itself a Zubrot to the meager income from the agriculture, many went the inhabitant as migratory workers and dealers into the close (today's) Netherlands.

In a newspaper article of the people newspaper (Mettingen), Brenninkmeyer on 16 July 2005 over the possible outline of the probable Urhofes of the family, Brenninckhof in the farmer shank reports to which Wiehe, becomes. In 17. Century is called for the first time the yard in connection with the name Brenninkmeyer, called as Lehen of the Oranier in Lingen, assigned to a Johann toe Twee Brenninkmeyer then Brenninckhove. A whole set of information about the beginnings of the enterprise "Mettingen are to be found in "the museum.

Present

Registered place of business

The enterprise European-wide steered of C&As "European Executive board "with seat in Vilvoorde with Brussels in interaction with the C&A "national the boards ".

Branch and Markenportfolio

To the Filialportfolio so-called Family net curtains, Kids net curtain, Woman net curtain as well as Clockhouse Young Fashion Boutiques belong.

To the Markenportfolio of C&A eleven self-marks (Yessica, Angelo Litrico, Clockhouse, Westbury, Your Sixth scythe, Canda, Rodeo, baby club, Palomino and Jinglers) belong as well as selected license marks, like for example Disney, Chipz, Osh Kosh, Chips&Cheps and Head.

Expansion and assumptions

C&A is represented and busily with approx. 1000 branches in 13 countries of Europe about 30,000 coworkers. The core market of C&A is Germany also over 300 branches. The first German C&A business was opened 1911 in Berlin at the Alexanderplatz. 2001 withdrew itself C&A from Great Britain as well as Denmark and closed all branches. The annual turnover of C&A Europe adds itself on over 5 billion euro. Thus C&A is one of the prominent European clothing offerers.

Since center C&A expands 2002 again dynamically with approximately 150 branches per year in Europe. Thus as example to Austria in the year 2004 fifty-four houses of the child fashion chain Flic Flac of the enterprise DM drugstore market were transferred and converted into C&A Kidsstores. To Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany besides in the last years with approximately 75 houses a majority of the branches of the Bekleidungsdiscounters Marca was transferred. In Switzerland 2005 about 25 branches were akquiriert by Oviesse and converted in C&A branches.

Also outside of Europe C&A is present. Thus 1999 in Puebla opened the first address of Mexico.

Ownership structure

The enterprise is still in the family estate of the family Brenninkmeijer ("Meijer "is the Netherlands equivalent of the German surname "Meyer "), which in the year 2003 - with an estimated capital from approximately 10 billion euro to the wohlhabensten families of the Netherlands were counted.

Characteristics

Before Dominic Brenninkmeijer transferred the business with C&A Germany in the year 2001, the public over the exempt private company only few were well-known. Thus one knew to date only, who the founders were that only catholics could penetrate into the management and the family has a rejecting attitude in relation to trade unions. Weiguny (2005) brought to light that also today still the portion owners are related with one another male, catholic faith and.

The Schnupperhund

The figure of the yellow dog with the red points, which hears also on the name Schnuppi, was developed in May 1976 by the designer Jimmy Murakami in Ireland. The mode house recruited with it into the 90's ("Schnupperpreise with C&A").

The Schnupperhund played also the main role in a set of Werbecomics under the title Schnuppi' s adventure. Besides there were still another set of other advertising novelties, among other things Stofftiere and plastic figures.

Literature

• Bettina Weiguny: The mysterious gentlemen of C&A. the ascent of the Brenninkmeyers. Calibration fount, Frankfurt/Main 2005, ISBN 3-8218-5600-9
• Bernhard Nonte, Eugen Eslage et al.: museum Mettingen. A museum in the museum. Museum leader, given change of the association for local history Mettingen. association printering, 2002, ISBN 3-932959-25-6

Related links

• C&A Germany
• C&A Austria
• C&A European-wide
• www.schnupperhund.de - Schnuppi on-line museum
• Video: C&A commercial, 20 seconds
• Vera Konermann: The farmer shank Wiehe loses its salient face. In: people newspaper, 16.7.2005

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